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Sophia Kouidou-Giles

TRANSLATOR’S NOTES: Searching for contact with the mighty, wise creature of the forest, the owl, Karina Ioannidou captures the spirit of our lockdown days in a tangle of myth and imagery. This is an ‘excursion’ from a world of isolation, where the wanderer craves connection. The yearning is expressed inventively and poignantly. The narrator turns to an interaction with the owl, a significant ancient Greek symbol of wisdom, in a hide-and-go-seek adventure during perplexing cor

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