{"product_id":"gjak-by-dimosthenis-papamarkos-9781916806245","title":"Gjak","description":"\u003cp\u003eA modern classic from Greece, now in English for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGreece, a hundred years ago: in the aftermath of the Greco-Turkish War, young men return from the battlefield, forever changed by what they have seen and done.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey come home seeking revenge or forgiveness; all of them grieving.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey might have survived the war, but peace does not come easily.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe men are marked.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese are their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHailed as the most important Greek novel of the twenty-first century, Gjak unfolds in an unnamed Arvanite village, a closed rural community governed by its own codes of honour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBinding each soldier's story is the red thread of gjak itself: an Arvanitic word meaning blood, bloodline, blood feud, and nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith this thread, these interconnected tales are woven into one powerful, haunting portrait of a world in violent transition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dimosthenis Papamarkos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57535227232629,"sku":"9781916806245","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781916806245.jpg?v=1788082137","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/gjak-by-dimosthenis-papamarkos-9781916806245","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}