British novelist Victoria Hislop presented her third and eagerly awaited historic novel “The Thread” on Tuesday at Saint Nikolas of the Lasithi Prefecture, Crete.
The new novel describes the most important historical moments of modern Greece from 1917 until 1978 through a love story unfolding in Thessaloniki.
The book presentation was coordinated by philologist Maria Kostaki, while abstracts from the book were read by Manolis Sgouros and Marianthi Menegaki. Speeches were also delivered by philologists-archaeologists Liza Chrysikopoulou and Maria Chatzipanayioti. The event was accompanied by songs referring to the particular historic period, performed by Xanthoula Porfyraki.
The Mayor of Saint Nikolas, Dimitris Kounenakis, honored the British writer with the book of Saint Nikolas town and noted among others that it would be a blessing if more people would be inspired by Greece in the same way as Hislop is.
Moreover, Mr. Kounekakis thanked Hislop for being a precious “passport” for the Greeks going through exceptionally harsh times, by showing the world that Greece has more to offer than just the current negative aspects presented in media.
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