{"product_id":"greek-to-me-adventures-of-the-comma-queen","title":"Mary Morris: Greek to Me [2019] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn her \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling \u003cem\u003eBetween You \u0026amp; Me\u003c\/em\u003e (ISBN 978 0 393 352146), Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils, punctuation and punctiliousness over three decades in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e's celebrated copy department. In \u003cem\u003eGreek to Me\u003c\/em\u003e, she delivers another wise and witty paean to the art of expressing oneself clearly and convincingly, this time filtered through her greatest passion: all things Greek.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom convincing her \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e bosses to pay for Ancient Greek studies to travelling the sacred way in search of Persephone, \u003cem\u003eGreek to Me\u003c\/em\u003e is an unforgettable account of both her lifelong love affair with words and 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 Greek helped form English. Filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine-and more than a few Greek waiters-\u003cem\u003eGreek to Me\u003c\/em\u003e is the Comma Queen's fresh take on Greece and the exotic yet strangely familiar language that so deeply influences our own.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Morris, Mary","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44403335987490,"sku":"9781324001270","price":18.75,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/morris-mary-mary-morris-greek-to-me-2019-hardback-9781324001270-59839516803411.jpg?v=1730445063","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/greek-to-me-adventures-of-the-comma-queen","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}