The Nifi

The Nifi opens in 1983 in the remote Greek village of Margariti where the narrator, a young American woman who speaks no Greek, finds herself. A few months before, back in a New York suburb, she had impulsively married a Greek immigrant while working with him at a local restaurant and had agreed to travel to his village for an undefined period of time. The village is located in the poorest area of Greece and the narrator is faced with acclimating to a countryside lifestyle, a lack of running water and paralyzing culture shock.

Her husband's mother, Chevi, welcomes her and though they share no common language, Chevi is able to convey the heartache and betrayal of her life as she slowly emerges as a heroine, quietly fighting against a patriarchal society that dictates her every movement.

This is a true story rich in the culture, traditions and triumphs of one small valley and the events that defined generations on both sides of the Atlantic.

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