''The 10'' is an unfinished novel written by
M. Karagatsis
M. Karagatsis ( el, Μ. Καραγάτσης; 23 June 1908 – 14 September 1960) was the pen name of the important modern Greek novelist, journalist, critic and playwright Dimitrios Rodopoulos (Δημήτριος Ροδόπουλος). The pe ...
. The novel was written in 1960 and was the last novel of M. Karagatsis. Although it was unfinished, the novel was released in 1964 by Estia Publications, four years after the death of Karagatsis. Since then, the novel has many new publications. ''The 10'' was adapted for TV series by the director
Pigi Dimitrakopoulou, in 2007. The adapted screenplay was written by Stavros Kalafatidis, Mary Zafeiropoulou and Giorgos Kritikos.
Plot
The novel presents as main characters the tenants of an old block of flats near
Piraeus
Piraeus ( ; el, Πειραιάς ; grc, Πειραιεύς ) is a port city within the Athens urban area ("Greater Athens"), in the Attica region of Greece. It is located southwest of Athens' city centre, along the east coast of the Saron ...
, during 1950s. The owner of the block is a rich man, named Kalogeras. His nephew is a tenant of the block and he hopes to be his heir. The novel comprises also many other characters from the neighbourhood near the block of flats or other persons related with the main characters.
See also
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''The 10'' (TV series)
References
External links
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Greek novels
Unfinished novels
1960 novels
1964 novels
Novels published posthumously