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Z, 50th Anniversary Edition

By Vassilis Vassilikos

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Z, 50th Anniversary Edition

By Vassilis Vassilikos

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A progressive parliamentary deputy is scheduled to appear at a political rally. Meanwhile, local political bosses plot his assassination. Thugs are recruited to disrupt the rally. Rumors begin to spread. But the forces already set in motion are irresistible. Z is the story of a crime, a time, a place, and people transformed by events. Z was published in Greece in 1966, and banned there one year later. It is based on an actual political assassination in 1963 in Salonika. The victim was Gregory Lambrakis, a socialist legislator and outspoken critic of the government. But Lambrakis's killers could not have anticipated the public response. His funeral became a political event; by the time the cortege reached Athens, 400,000 people were following the coffin in silence. In the nation's capital, the letter Z suddenly appeared on walls, sidewalks, posters--everywhere. Z stands for the Greek verb zei, "he lives."
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
416
Release Date:
2017-02-28
Publication Date:
2017-02-28
Publisher:
Seven Stories Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
160980712X
ISBN13:
9781609807122
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
425 g
Height:
126 cm
Width:
200 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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