{"product_id":"gjak-9781916806245","title":"Gjak","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern classic from Greece, now in English for the first time. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGreece, a hundred years ago: in the aftermath of the Greco-Turkish War, young men return from the battlefield, forever changed by what they have seen and done. They come home seeking revenge or forgiveness; all of them grieving. They might have survived the war, but peace does not come easily. The men are marked. These are their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHailed as the most important Greek novel of the twenty-first century, \u003ci\u003eGjak\u003c\/i\u003e unfolds in an unnamed Arvanite village - a closed rural community governed by its own codes of honour. Binding each soldier's story is the red thread of \u003ci\u003egjak\u003c\/i\u003e itself: an Arvanitic word meaning blood, bloodline, blood feud, and nation. With this thread, these interconnected tales are woven into one powerful, haunting portrait of a world in violent transition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Peirene Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781916806245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184","brand":"Dimosthenis Papamarkos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53195211866293,"sku":"9781916806245","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781916806245.jpg?v=1788273429","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/gjak-9781916806245","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}