{"product_id":"arrested-song","title":"Arrested Song","description":"\u003cb\u003e‘A very accomplished novel’\u003c\/b\u003e Louis de Bernieres, author of \u003ci\u003eCaptain Corelli''s Mandolin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Hard to put this book down’\u003c\/b\u003e Sofka Zinovieff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘An epic, page turning story, of longing and bravery... a must read’\u003c\/b\u003e Nadia Marks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalliope Adham – young, strong-willed, and recently widowed – is schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler’s army invades Greece in 1941. Well-read and linguistically gifted, she is recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer. It is the beginning of a personal and national saga that will last for several decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCalliope’s wartime duties bring her into close contact with Lieutenant Lorenz Umbreit, the Wehrmacht commander. The schoolmistress is an active member of the Greek Resistance, yet her friendship with the German blossoms against all odds, in a fishing village seething with dread and suspicion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmid privation and death, the villagers’ hostility finally erupts, but the bond between Calliope and Umbreit survives, taking unforeseeable turns as Greece is ravaged by civil war and oppressed by military dictatorship. It is against this turbulent background that Calliope emerges as a champion for girls'' and women''s rights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eARRESTED SONG is a haunting, sumptuous novel, weaving the private and the historic into a vivid tapestry of Greek island life.  Spanning over three decades, it chronicles the story of an extraordinary woman and her lifelong struggle against social and political tyranny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Compelling’\u003c\/b\u003e Dean Kalimniou\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Wonderful’\u003c\/b\u003e Anna Porter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Beautifully written’\u003c\/b\u003e Carol P Christ\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘One of the best novels I’ve read about modern Greece... a truly original work’\u003c\/b\u003e Diana Farr Louis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘I savoured every word’\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Barber\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57405565043070,"sku":"NW9781915643964","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9781915643964.jpg?v=1778684020","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/en-usa\/products\/arrested-song","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}