Oriana Fallaci and Alekos Panagoulis: A love story that made headlines

Oriana Fallaci was world-famous in the 1970s as a provocative interviewer and journalist, but few remember her name today outside of Europe. ORIANA: A Novel of Oriana Fallaci aims to change that and re-introduce Oriana as a pioneering female journalist in a class with Mike Wallace and Barbara Walters in the United States. Anastasia Rubis, a Greek American author that has never lost touch with her Hellenic roots, was drawn to Oriana because of the ground she broke as a leading woman professional of her generation.

Let's be frank… It was and still is difficult for women to be trailblazers, let alone to find some modicum of happiness as they rise through what continues to be (though maybe not quite as much) a man's world. But a piece of Fallaci's life also brought together Italy and Greece. In fact, ORIANA (the novel) is an Italian story but also a Greek story. And one that has...