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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Borderlines is a memoir of Greece, its life, culture, writers and people.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Keeley has had a lifelong relationship with Greece, beginning with his childhood, when his father served in the diplomatic corp. <i>Borderlines</i> is his memoir of Greece, its life, culture, writers and people. It traces his childhood through the war years, when, unable to return due to the war, he became almost an exile in his home country. As an adult he returns a professor, the translator and friend of the major Greek poets, and marries a Greek woman. <i>Borderlines</i> documents a writer's search for meaning in a life influenced by often conflicting cultural values.</p><p><b>Edmund Keeley</b> is a professor emeritus at Princeton University. His most recent books include: <i>Some Wine for Remembrance</i>, a novel, and <i>Inventing Paradise: The Greek Journey 1937-47</i>.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Edmond Keeley is a prolific writer and translator of the major figures of conemporary Greek poetry. He is a professor emeritus at Princeton University.

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