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Book - KONDIYLAKIS IOANNIS - THE FIRST LOVE

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In Koundylakis' First Love, three characters confront each other due to the unprecedented awakening of love. The teenager Giorgis falls in love with the much older Vangelio, who is about fifteen years his senior. His mother reacts strongly. Just when it seems she manages to distance her son from his beloved, the latter falls ill. The boy's passion is reignited, leading to an escalation of the conflict between the two women. Koundylakis composes an original narrative about the awakening of the erotic instinct, recounting the hero's struggle to balance between love for his mother and love for Vangelio. Is there ultimately a winner in First Love? Is it Vangelio who is idolized? Is it the mother who 'saves' her only child?

Keli Daskala's study initially observes how Koundylakis handles the myth of the insurmountable, sacred, and pure first love. Then, drawing examples from other forms of expression (cinema, comics, television), it outlines the evolution of the myth from romanticism to the present day. The cougar ladies replace the idealized female figures of the past. The nostalgia for the unique first love is now replaced by the allure of the passionate 'great love', regardless of whether it is the first, second, or third...