Κοτσυφόκισσα
Suzanne Collins, 2010
Fantasy Literary fictionScience fictionYoung adult
After the uprising, Katniss returns to a ruined home and faces the human cost of becoming a symbol of resistance.
Feels like dread, grief and defiance. About war, power and morality.
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A familiar road can become impossible to look at directly.
Το καλοκαίρι είναι απίστευτα καυτό και ξηρό. Δεν έχει πέσει καθόλου βροχή για να διαλύσει τις στοίβες της στάχτης που άφησε πίσω της η επίθεση. Μετατοπίζονται εδώ κι εκεί ως αντίδραση στις πατημασιές μου. Δεν υπάρχει αεράκι για να τις σκορπίσει. Έχω τα μάτια μου καρφωμένα στο σημείο που θυμάμαι ότι ήταν ο δρόμος, επειδή, όταν προσγειώθηκα αρχικά στο Λιβάδι, δεν ήμουν προσεκτική και πάτησα πάνω σε μια πέτρα. Μόνο που δεν ήταν πέτρα – ήταν το κρανίο κάποιου. Κατρακύλησε και ακινητοποιήθηκε με το πρόσωπο προς τα επάνω και για πολλή ώρα δεν μπορούσα να σταματήσω να κοιτάζω τα δόντια, να αναρωτιέμαι ποιανού ήταν, να σκέφτομαι ότι και τα δικά μου έτσι θα έδειχναν σε παρόμοιες συνθήκες. Suzanne Collins.Collins has said the Hunger Games idea came while channel-surfing between reality television and footage of the Iraq war.
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