A man (novel)

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A man (original title: Un Uomo ) is an autobiographical novel by the journalist and writer Oriana Fallaci , published in 1979 , in which she deals with her relationship with the Greek resistance fighter, politician and poet Alekos Panagoulis .

Fallaci met Panagoulis during an interview after he was released from prison in 1973 and was his companion until his death in 1976. The novel is a tale addressed to his deceased lover in the you-form. Panagoulis is described by Fallaci as a very complex personality who is highly intelligent, humorous and imaginative, eccentric and impulsive and is also endowed with the ability to inspire and inspire others, but on the other hand also as stubborn, haughty, authoritarian, unsteady, irascible, violent and tormented by a vague longing for death.

action

On August 13, 1968, Panagoulis bombed the Greek dictator Georgios Papadopoulos . The attack failed, however, and Papadopoulos was unharmed. Panagoulis is taken to the headquarters of the ESA military intelligence service and tortured there in the most cruel way. In a trial he was sentenced to death, but then pardoned. He spent three years in Boiati Military Prison and was released in 1973. After the fall of the junta, he stood up as a member of parliament, but quickly fell out with all the political groups. He has an intense feud with Defense Minister Evangelos Averoff .

Panagoulis died in a car accident on May 1, 1976. The circumstances of Panagoulis' death have not yet been fully clarified. Fallaci argues that Panagoulis was murdered by right-wing extremists who were in the pay of Averoff.

output

  • A man . Novel. Translation: Toni Kienlechner. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-596-25204-0 .

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