Apartment in Athens
Apartment in Athens by Glenway Wescott, published by New York Review of Books on April 30, 2004, is a 296-page work that explores the complexities of human relationships during a time of political turmoil. The narrative centers on a Greek couple living in Nazi-occupied Athens who find themselves sharing their home with a German officer. Through this unusual triangular relationship, Wescott delves into themes of accommodation, rejection, and the moral dilemmas faced under oppressive circumstances.
Readers will encounter an intense drama that reflects the broader struggles of war and identity. The story presents a nuanced examination of political oppression and the spiritual conflicts that arise in such dire situations. Wescott’s portrayal invites contemplation on the costs associated with hidden identities and the choices individuals must make in the face of compulsion and resistance. This edition offers a compelling look at historical fiction, set against the backdrop of war and military conflict.
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Like Wescott’s extraordinary novella The Pilgrim Hawk (which Susan Sontag described in The New Yorker as belonging “among the treasures of 20th-century American literature”), Apartment in Athens concerns an unusual triangular relationship. In this story about a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who must share their living quarters with a German officer, Wescott stages an intense and unsettling drama of accommodation and rejection, resistance and compulsion—an account of political oppression and spiritual struggle that is also a parable about the costs of closeted identity.
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