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Translated from the Greek by David Connolly ‘Extremely successful, serious and well written . . .
Stamatis is a writer’s writer, with the soul of a poet’
A journey of love, denial and danger, where fiction is not far from reality. vassilis vassilikos, author of Z
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Yannis Loukas is editing his father’s autobiography. Going through the
family archives, he discovers the manuscript of an aspiring novelist named
Loukas Matthaiou. While reading it, Yannis feels as if someone has put to
paper his innermost thoughts. But who was the writer of this amazing story,
and what happened to him? Following in the tracks of this elusive stranger,
Yannis’s life takes an unforeseen turn. He finds that everyone who met
Matthaiou was profoundly affected by his charismatic personality. Driven
by his quest to find Matthaiou, Yannis must first unravel the codes in his
writing.
‘A literary palimpsest . . . it starts as a personal quest, continues as a detective
story cloaked in artistic garb, develops as a journey through the European
landscape at the end of the twentieth century and ends with an unexpected
twist’ Vogue
‘A city-hopping quest novel’ boyd tonkin, Independent
‘An exciting novel . . . Stamatis is developing into one of the most important
names of Greek literature’ Harper’s Bazaar
‘An especially rich and original plot where the thrill of researching for a
mysterious writer acquires a multiplicity of symbolic meaning . . . a novel
with considerable depth and perspective, reflecting the modern world’ Ta Nea
‘One of the most talented writers of his generation’ Le Monde
‘Daring, assured, clever but compassionate . . . I found myself reading on
compulsively, believing what I read and wanting more . . . a powerful and very
skilful piece of work’ Scotland on Sunday on The Seventh Elephant
£11.99/$19.95
Paperback Original Fiction
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