Fear: A Novel

Irini Spanidou's highly praised first novel, God's Snake, introduced a writer of rare perception and a character, Anna Karystinou, with whom readers fell in love.  In Fear, the author returns to Anna as she comes of age.

It is now 1959, and thirteen-year old Anna is a perpetual newcomer, moving from place to place with her family.  Her father, a demanding army colonel, has raised her to be invulnerable and proud.  But Anna's confident air belies her anxiety as she grapples…