Karen Emmerich Reads from The Wildcat Behind Glass (Το καπλάνι της βιτρίνας) by Alki Zei

"Right away we took off our sandals. Myrto even gave one of hers a toss, and it landed up high on a shelf. 'There go Father’s Ten Commandments,' she said."
About the Book:
Alki Zei's 1963 Wildcat Behind Glass is set on an island island in 1936 and describes the rise of fascism from a child's point of view, as everyday actions and relationships become colored by fear but also by the secret bonds of determined resistance. Get Your Copy Here: restlessbooks....
About the Translator:
Karen Emmerich (she/her) is a translator of modern Greek literature and a professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University.
About the Author:
Alki Zei (1923-2020) was born in Athens, spent much of her childhood on the island of Samos, and was forced into political exile twice in her life--first fleeing to join her husband in the Soviet Union from 1954 to 1964, and later leaving with her family for Paris during the Greek military dictatorship of 1967-1974. She wrote numerous books for children as well as adults, and her work has been widely translated.