New translation of novel by Yannis Skarimbas

The English translation of Yannis Skarimbas' novel Mariambas (translated by Leo Marshall, foreword Dimitris Tziovas) has just been published by the Centre of Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies of the University of Birmingham.

For more details please visit the following website: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/iaa/departments/bomgs/research/moder...

You can order the translation either via this website (http://shop.bham.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&deptid=30&... ) or the amazon.co.uk ( http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mariambas-Yannis-Skarimbas/dp/0704428512/ref=sr_... )

Mariambas is a challenging text for any translator and this is its first translation into any language. Leo Marshall was the right person to undertake such a task and you can read his interview in the newspaper Kathimerini here: http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite4_1_14/04/2015_548767