Join students, faculty, and friends of the Ohio State Modern Greek Program for weekly reading in Greek, with discussion mostly in English (translation is supplied), of a novel by Petros Markaris that has been translated into many languages. Advanced students of Greek will enjoy reading a contemporary vernacular Greek text that is also an entertaining murder mystery in the tradition of Yannis Maris, but with a topical edge. Meetings normally last for about an hour and are led by OSU Modern Greek major Yanni Patitsas ’23.
In 2022 we meet Mondays at 1:30pm Columbus, Ohio time (8:30pm in Greece). Below is the link where you can join us this Monday as we begin the first chapters of of ΛΗΞΙΠΡΟΘΕΣΜΑ ΔΑΝΕΙΑ by Πέτρος Μάρκαρης.
OSU students have prepared presentations including translation, vocabulary and illustration of this text, available here. The texts without translation are available here.
Follow this link to join our Zoom Meeting at 1:30pm Columbus time Monday (link is not active at other times):
https://osu.zoom.us/j/96136412895?pwd=cUM1OVNuVkkwVmg1VUo4dlNKNXF3dz0
To catch up on previous readings, please check out chapter presentations, prepared by OSU Modern Greek students here!
Catch up on previous chapters with help from former students’ presentations here!
From the book jacket:
Τα “Ληξιπρόθεσμα δάνεια” αρχίζουν με ένα χαρμόσυνο γεγονός. Ο αστυνόμος Χαρίτος παντρεύει την κόρη του. Η χαρά του όμως κρατάει λίγο. Γιατί στις επόμενες μέρες εμφανίζεται ένας δολοφόνος που σκοτώνει τραπεζικούς και ανθρώπους του χρήματος. Σαν να μην έφτανε αυτό, η Αθήνα γεμίζει με αφίσες που προτρέπουν όσους χρωστάνε στις τράπεζες να μην πληρώνουν τις δόσεις των δανείων τους και των πιστωτικών τους καρτών. Επειδή ο άγνωστος δολοφόνος σκοτώνει και ξένους, σε μια εποχή που το γόητρο της χώρας βρίσκεται στο ναδίρ, ο Χαρίτος και η ελληνική αστυνομία τρέχουν και δεν φτάνουν.
Τα “Ληξιπρόθεσμα δάνεια” είναι το πρώτο μέρος μιας τριλογίας, της Τριλογίας της Κρίσεως. Και τα τρία μυθιστορήματα έχουν ως θέμα την κρίση που ταλανίζει σήμερα τους Έλληνες.
“Lixiprothesma Daneia” begins with a joyous event. Inspector Haritos is marrying off his daughter. His joy, however, does not last long. Because in the following days, a murderer appears that kills bankers and people in finance. And if that were not enough, Athens fills with posters urging those who owe money to banks to not pay their installments on their loans and credit cards. Because the unknown murderer also kills foreigners, in a period in which the prestige of the country is at its nadir, Haritos and the Greek police run and can’t arrive. “Lixiprothesma Daneia” is the first entry in a trilogy, the Trilogy of the Crisis. All of the three murder-mysteries have at their center the crisis that robs Greeks today.