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Can I read The House on Paradise Street on EtoBox?
The House on Paradise Street by Sofka Zinovieff is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The House on Paradise Street about?
When Maud Learns That Her Husband Has Been Killed In A Car Accident, She Is Left Bereft And Bewildered. She Has No Idea Why He Was Driving On A Lonely Coastal Road Outside Athens In The Middle Of The Night. But Nikitas Was A Man With A Complicated History. With The Return Of His Mother, Antigone, To The Old Family Home On Paradise Street, Maud Is Given An Opportunity To Investigate Her Husband's Past. She Will Discover A Heartbreaking Story Of A Young Mother Caught Up In The Political Tides Of The Greek Civil War And Forced To Make A Terrible Decision That Will Blight Not Only Her Life But That Of Future Generations. The House On Paradise Street Is An Epic Tale Of Our Times. Taking The Reader From The War-torn Streets Of 1940s Athens To The Partisans' Mountain Caves After The War, Through The 'regime Of The Colonels' And On Into The Present Day, This Is A Sweeping Tale Of Love And Loss, And What Happens When Ideology Threatens To Subsume Our Sense Of Humanity.
Who reads The House on Paradise Street?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Sofka Zinovieff
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781780720913
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction
- Rating
- 3.83 / 5 (37 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14