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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... darkness . " But what if they saw you getting away ? To hell with it . For that matter you didn't like darkness . Bats move in darkness , and moles , spies , not men who are fighting for freedom . You reached the culvert at a quarter to ...
... darkness . " But what if they saw you getting away ? To hell with it . For that matter you didn't like darkness . Bats move in darkness , and moles , spies , not men who are fighting for freedom . You reached the culvert at a quarter to ...
Page 126
... darkness projected elsewhere / because the very light that I held / made the shadow of my body / fill with darkness my streets . " Or : " I don't understand you , God / Tell me once more / Are you asking me to thank you / or to excuse ...
... darkness projected elsewhere / because the very light that I held / made the shadow of my body / fill with darkness my streets . " Or : " I don't understand you , God / Tell me once more / Are you asking me to thank you / or to excuse ...
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... darkness . In fact , as soon as a verse came back to your mind , you yelled with the joy of a child who has caught a firefly in the darkness : " I've got it , I've got it ! " Afterward we would trans- late them , quarreling because you ...
... darkness . In fact , as soon as a verse came back to your mind , you yelled with the joy of a child who has caught a firefly in the darkness : " I've got it , I've got it ! " Afterward we would trans- late them , quarreling because you ...
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