Cover of Cartes Postales from Greece

Cartes Postales from Greece

Victoria Hislop, 2016

British and Greek novelist, born 1959.

Cartes Postales from Greece is a 2016 novel in stories by Victoria Hislop. It was shortlisted for the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year in 2017.

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On 2 of the 16 lists it was eligible for.

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At a glance

Author
Victoria Hislop
First published
2016
Length
448 pages (UK paperback)
Awards
Genre
Literary fiction, Love story

Is Cartes Postales from Greece worth reading?

2 of the 16 best-of lists it could have made include it: the British Book Awards' Fiction Book of the Year and Richard & Judy Book Club picks.

ListPlaceOriginal
British Book Awards: Fiction Book of the Year (winners and shortlists) (The Bookseller, 2017)ShortlistSee the list
Richard & Judy Book Club picks (Richard & Judy / WHSmith, 2004-)ListedSee the list

Best edition of Cartes Postales from Greece

The edition we link to is the Headline Review paperback (2017), 448 pages.

Publisher
Headline Review (paperback, 2017)
Pages
448
ISBN
9781472223210

How critics, prizes and readers rate Cartes Postales from Greece

Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 13% of the points available on prize lists, against 7% on readers' and booksellers' lists and 0% on critics' lists.

Critics
0%
Prizes
13%
Readers and booksellers
7%

Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work

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