The Maze
- ISBN-10
- 0224069764
- ISBN-13
- 9780224069762
- Series
- The Maze
- Pages
- 364
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Author
- Panos Karnezis
Description
Set in Anatolia in 1922, The Maze is the story of a retreating Greek brigade that has lost its way. It is pursued by a Turkish army that seeks to avenge three years of Greek occupation. No help is forthcoming. Commanded by a brigadier with a passion for Greek mythology and an addiction to morphia, the brigade's only chance of salvation is to reach the Mediterranian coast and sail home. As the army wanders through the Anatolian desert, their internal divisions become more pronounced and their dementias more florid. Eventually they reach a small town, up until now untouched by the war, which is run by a simple minded mayor and is peopled by a gallery of wonderfully strange characters. Whe the soldiers leave at last, a tragedy has taken place and the town has changed forever.
