Greek to Me

One of the most satisfying accounts of a great passion that I have ever read. VivianGornick,New York Times Book ReviewMary Norris, The New Yorkers Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norriss memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wineand more than a few Greek men.