The Stone Maidens by Ioulia Kolovou
For years, the best that young girls from the backwater village of Alta Gracia couldhope for was a position in the Big House, home of the immensely powerful andpolitically influential Goyena family. So, when Señ orita Delia Lugghi - enigmaticteacher and devout Peró nist - arrives from Buenos Aires to found a state school inthe village, the future of Milagros Riquelme suddenly seems to be full of possibilities.But change rarely does come easily. Inspired by true events, this story charts a lifeof tragedy, love, and missed opportunity, as Milagros goes from girlhood to old age.all the while being forced to navigate the violent landscape of Argentina in the mid-twentieth century.
Praise for The Stone Maidens: "This is history as lived by mere humans, each with their foibles and distractions and heartbreak.. The result is an intimate, bittersweet journey." – Historical Novel Society; "Kolovou has written a novel full of grace, humour and loss. In THE STONE MAIDENS the political is personal, the personal is historic, and the storytelling moves with ease...a beautiful book."--Elizabeth Reeder; "Starting quietly as a coming of age tale in rural Patagonia, over six decades THE STONE MAIDENS builds towards shocking events in Argentina's Dirty War. It is a mastery of spare -- yet sweeping -- storytelling. This will remain with you."--Anne Pettigrew; "Fabulous writing, intriguing story." --Emma Fraser, author of When the Dawn Breaks and Greyfriars House
Ioulia Kolovou is a new Scot, living on a hill in a dear green place. She studied History and Classics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Linguistics at the University of Buenos Aires, completed an MSc in Creative Writing at the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in English Literature: Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. She has worked as a teacher, translator, and conference interpreter in three countries and two continents. If she had a superpower, she would have liked it to be a thorough knowledge of every language and dialect in the world, historical or contemporary. So far, she has only managed English, Greek, Spanish, and French. She was short-listed for the Conrad-Nabokov Prize in its year of inception, 2009, under the penname J K Mabin. Writing fiction (and nonfiction) has been her strongest and longest passion from a very young age. She has published literary and academic works in English and Spanish. With typical timing, her first book, a historical biography of the medieval Greek author and princess Anna Komnene, came out in the Spring 2020.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781735774763 |
| ISBN 10 | 1735774766 |
| Title | The Stone Maidens |
| Author | Ioulia Kolovou |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Blackwater Press |
| Year published | 2022-10-17 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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