Description
On the dirt-poor Aegean island of Skiathos, an old woman named Hadoula lives at the edge of survival, where hardship, superstition, and silence shape every choice. When a desperate moment turns catastrophic, her life is pulled into a grim spiral of guilt, fear, and the relentless scrutiny of a community that seems to know her before she speaks. Woven with the dark beauty of a backwoods ballad, the novel explores crime and punishment not as abstractions, but as lived consequences—measured in rumor, ritual, and moral judgment. Through Papadiamantis’s stark, atmospheric storytelling, the story becomes a haunting meditation on poverty, fate, and the thin line between accident and condemnation.
Available Editions
paperback
Natl Book Network
Published Jan 1, 1987
127 pages
ISBN: 9780906495728
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Details
First Published
1983
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Murderess by Alexandros Papadiamantis.