2. “The Thread” tops the Greek bestseller list.

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    January 3, 2012
    “The Thread”  – “To νήμα” in Greek – published by Dioptra Victoria’s ambitious account of 20th century Thessaloniki through the twin tales of  Dimitri Komninos and Katerina Sarafoglou, is a number 1 bestseller in Greece. Victoria spent much of December touring towns and cities reading from the book (in Greek)...
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    Homage to Thessaloniki

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    December 29, 2011
    Victoria Hislop’s 2005 novel The Island was translated into more than twenty languages and topped best-seller lists in Greece and the UK. As her eagerly-awaited new book The Thread is published, Mike Sweet talks to the British author (15 Dec 2011, from Neoskosmos.com) After a career in PR and journalism, Victoria Hislop...
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    ‘The Thread,’ a tale of survival and bonding (ekathimerini.com)

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    December 12, 2011
    British author Victoria Hislop talks about her latest novel, inspired by 20th-century events in Thessaloniki By Sandy Tsantaki Greeks are likely most familiar with Victoria Hislop as the writer of “The Island,” an award-winning novel that was adapted for a TV series by Greece’s Mega Channel last year. While reading up on...
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    Recent Reviews

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    November 7, 2011
    Guardian (11 November 2011, reviewed by Laura Barnett) Thessaloniki, May 1923: A ship docks in the harbour packed with Greek Orthodox refugees from Turkey, newly swapped for Greece’s Muslim population in one of the most painful and extensive exchanges of peoples ever attempted. Among them is five-year-old Katerina Sarafoglou; separated from her...
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