Captive
Published in the Greek language in 1993 by ESTIA one of Greece's oldest and most prestigious Publishing Houses.
The story of an encounter on the shores of an island in the Mediterranean.
A stranger meets a woman, Erminia, after she invites him to stay in her remote house by the sea having witnessed through her window his fainting on the beach; only to realize soon after he recovers that he is kept captive in her house.
The protagonists of this strange relationship submerge into a world of contradictions moving away from the conventions distinguishing myth from reality, the past or the future. Is this a suspense story or the decoding of the "other" switching into the the search for one self's?
Vivaldi's Wigmaker
Written in English and translated into Greek.
Published in Greek in 2011 by Livanis publishing house.
A baroque tale exploring Venice of 1797 and highlighting the historical portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, seen through the eyes of the wigmaker of his operas Hypatia.
Paralleled and seemingly detached journey, between the Red Priest as they called Antonio Vivaldi and Hypatia with the obscure background of a Venice full of mystery and intrigues.
"Is Vivaldi's wigmaker a historical novel? Without a doubt I would say no.
The writer is not interested about history and it is not history that is the
protagonist of this book. The writer uses the outline to describe shapes and
figures of today...With the exception of the costumes and the decoration of
everyday life, Hypatia the basic face of the book and all other personages
surrounding her and crossing their paths with hers are faces of our times."
'Diavazw' the leading Literary Book Review magazine of Greece November 2011.
Reviewed by Alexis Ziras president of the Greek Writers Association.
Ginger
Recipient of the coveted Republic of Cyprus National Literature Award 2002-2003.
Written in the Greek language.
Published by Okeanis house in 2002.
Second title of a trilogy. The story of a Pre-Dynasty embalmer, called Ginger because of his red hair, whose naturally mummified body is found today in the British museum. The story is supposedly written by Sir Wallis Budge, curator of the museum until 1924 and it is about the journey of Ginger's soul from one body to another through the centuries until it's final stop on an imaginary island in the Mediterranean called Engadi, a British colony at the time. Clearly a satire about the life of the island's inhabitants and to what extend their greed for money leads them, aspiring simultaneously an ironic hymn to the British colonization.
The second part of this trilogy is dedicated to man's rapport with his soul.
"Smooth storytelling without a hint of verbosity."
To Vima (leading Greek newspaper) 14 July 2002
Captive
Published in the Greek language in 1993 by ESTIA one of Greece's oldest and most prestigious Publishing Houses.
The story of an encounter on the shores of an island in the Mediterranean.
A stranger meets a woman, Erminia, after she invites him to stay in her remote house by the sea having witnessed through her window his fainting on the beach; only to realize soon after he recovers that he is kept captive in her house.
The protagonists of this strange relationship submerge into a world of contradictions moving away from the conventions distinguishing myth from reality, the past or the future. Is this a suspense story or the decoding of the "other" switching into the the search for one self's?
"An achievement of economy...George Savvides" *
TA NEA (leading Greek newspaper) 22 Oct. 1993
*Literary Agent and close friend of George Seferis Greek Nobel Laureate 1963
Vivaldi's Wigmaker
Written in English and translated into Greek.
Published in Greek in 2011 by Livanis publishing house.
A baroque tale exploring Venice of 1797 and highlighting the historical portrait of Antonio Vivaldi, seen through the eyes of the wigmaker of his operas Hypatia.
Paralleled and seemingly detached journey, between the Red Priest as they called Antonio Vivaldi and Hypatia with the obscure background of a Venice full of mystery and intrigues.
"Is Vivaldi's wigmaker a historical novel? Without a doubt I would say no.
The writer is not interested about history and it is not history that is the
protagonist of this book. The writer uses the outline to describe shapes and
figures of today...With the exception of the costumes and the decoration of
everyday life, Hypatia the basic face of the book and all other personages
surrounding her and crossing their paths with hers are faces of our times."
'Diavazw' the leading Literary Book Review magazine of Greece November 2011.
Reviewed by Alexis Ziras president of the Greek Writers Association.
"An achievement of economy...George Savvides" *
TA NEA (leading Greek newspaper) 22 Oct. 1993
*Literary Agent and close friend of George Seferis Greek Nobel Laureate 1963