And my mother's bitter tears by Demetrius Toteras - ISBN: 9781912788200
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Underage soldier, Greek roots, Korean War trauma: a life shattered.

And my mother's bitter tears

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    387 pages

  • Release Date

    20 April 2023

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Summary

There is no doubt that this is, to a considerable extent, an autobiographical novel. It is also clear that parts of it are fictional, but it is not possible to define with any clarity the boundary between autobiography and fiction. The author did serve in the US Army in the Korean War as an underage soldier, though he was probably not quite so young as the narrator claims to have been. The author’s second name “Toteras” is his chosen nom-de-plume, formed from two Greek words “to” and “teras”,…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781912788200
ISBN-10:1912788209
Author:Demetrius Toteras, Anthony Hirst, Bronwen Godfrey
Publisher:Colenso Books
Imprint:Colenso Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:387
Release Date:20 April 2023
Weight:508g
Dimensions:22mm x 148mm x 210mm
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And my mother's bitter tears by Demetrius Toteras - ISBN: 9781912788200
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A4
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About The Author

Demetrius Toteras

Demetrius Toteras or D. K. Toteras is a nom-de-plume. The author, a Greek American, was born in San Francisco in1935 and died in 2009. He was an underage soldier in the US army and saw active service in the early part of the Korean War. It is known that he spent some time in jail, and his first publication, Sunday They’ll Make Me A Saint (1972), was a drama set in a prison and first performed by inmates of San Quentin. He left a body of psychological/philosophical reflections which remain unpublished, except for The Rape Of The Sleeping Woman And The Practice of Hypnagogic Sex (1995). He was extensively involved in music and in experimental theatre.

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