Something Will Happen, You'll See
by: Christos Ikonomou /Karen Emmerich (Translator)

Softcover. NY, Archipelago Books, 1st, 2016, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, Softcover in pictorial wrappers, 273 pages. Ikonomou's stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis--laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes. Everyone is dreaming of escape: to the mountains, to an island or a palatial estate, into a Hans Christian Andersen story world. What are they fleeing? The old woes--gossip, watchful neighbors, the oppression and indifference of the rich--now made infinitely worse. In Ikonomou's concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians' slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Clean copy.