#4 At Twilight They Return by Zyranna Zateli

In this episode, we look at Zyranna Zateli's 'At Twilight They Return' (1993), translated by David Connolly. Set during the final decades of the 19th century, the novel tells the vivid and meandering history of several generations of a single family in northern Greece. As the modern world begins to encroach upon the ancient, the border between the mythic and the real becomes porous, and in Zateli's hands, both are able to exist in a perpetual twilight. Over the course of our discussion, we consider the transitional period of the book's setting, the symbolism of wolves, and examine Zateli's curious weaving together of folklore and mythology.