A ManA novel written by Oriana Fallaci chronicling her relationship with the attempted assassination of Greek dictator George Papadopoulos. The book is a pseudo-biography about Alexandros Panagoulis written in the form of a novel. Fallaci had an intense romantic relationship with Panagoulis. She uses the novel to put forth her view that Panagoulis was assassinated by a vast conspiracy, a view widely shared by many Greeks. |
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Page 171
... Parthenon , not because you liked the cliché of the red flag but because the red irritated the junta and stood out well against the white of the marble , and then finally holding the Parthenon hostage under the threat of blowing it up ...
... Parthenon , not because you liked the cliché of the red flag but because the red irritated the junta and stood out well against the white of the marble , and then finally holding the Parthenon hostage under the threat of blowing it up ...
Page 174
... Parthenon , he said , is less fragile than it seems : any engineer or architect knows that its blocks of marble cannot easily be knocked down . To blow it up , therefore , there are two possible methods . And both are based on the ...
... Parthenon , he said , is less fragile than it seems : any engineer or architect knows that its blocks of marble cannot easily be knocked down . To blow it up , therefore , there are two possible methods . And both are based on the ...
Page 183
... Parthenon is better than the statue of Saint Wenceslaus . Only the Czechs knew who Saint Wences- laus was , but everybody knows the Parthenon . " I repressed a feeling of horror , and pretending not to understand , I answered you ...
... Parthenon is better than the statue of Saint Wenceslaus . Only the Czechs knew who Saint Wences- laus was , but everybody knows the Parthenon . " I repressed a feeling of horror , and pretending not to understand , I answered you ...
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