NEW AND FULLY UPDATED EDITION

THE PARTHENON
MARBLES
The Case for Reunification

was launched in London by the British Committee for the Reunification for the Parthenon Marbles on Friday 23 May 2008

This third edition has a preface written by Nobel Laureate, Nadine Gordimer and a new introduction by Christopher Hitchens

Additional contributions from Dimitris Pandermalis, Director for the New Acropolis Museum and Charalambos Bouras

• Paperback • £12.99
• 978-1-84467-252-3
• 192 pages • 5 x 7.75 inches
• CURRENT AFFAIRS/HISTORY
          

With the opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, the case for restitution is now unanswerable – bestselling author Christopher Hitchens states the case in this third edition of the book - The Parthenon Marbles, A case for Reunification.

 “The magnificent coherence of one of the greatest of art incredibly still in existence is, as art and in its meaning as a unit, denied and destroyed. The frieze that survived invasions, conquests, years of rule by another empire (the Ottoman) – this has been torn apart. Fortunately, the coherence can and must be restored. The return of the marble chapters of the Parthenon frieze narrative from the British Museum to Greece will be fulfilment for Greece and for world heritage.” - Nadine Gordimer

The opening of the New Acropolis Museum in Athens in spring 2008 provides the opportunity to re-state the case for the return of the Elgin Marbles to Athens. The British Museum’s long-standing objection that there is nowhere in Athens to house the Marbles is answered in emphatic style. Meanwhile, decisions concerning the restitution of cultural artefacts are increasingly recognized as of national importance, and are no longer left solely to curators and museum directors. With new contributions from leading authorities, this new edition of Christopher Hitchens’ elegantly argued and characteristically forthright book will make a powerful contribution to ensuring that the Marbles return to their place of origin.

Christopher Hitchens is a journalist and author of numerous books, including most recently the New York Times #1 bestseller God Is Not Great. He lives in Washington DC.

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