{"product_id":"something-will-happen-youll-see-0914671359-used","title":"Something Will Happen, You'll See","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0914671359\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ikonomou, Christos\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Used\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRaymond Carver meets William Faulkner in this pitch-perfect short story collection that captures the hopes and fears of working-class Greeks during the countrys economic crisis (Los Angeles Review of Books)Ikonomous 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 Ikonomous concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Yet even at the edge of destitution, his men and women act for themselves, trying to preserve what little solidarity remains in a deeply atomized society, and in one way or another finding their own voice. There is faith here, deep faith-though little or none in those who habitually ask for it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52342352445728,"sku":"USED0914671359","price":68.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/51w9ERfIb8L.jpg?v=1789171143","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/something-will-happen-youll-see-0914671359-used","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}