NAPOLEON LAPATHIOTIS
Translated by Alexander Zaphiriou

Haunting, atmospheric, and psychologically compelling, these stories explore desire, obsession, memory, solitude, and the uneasy boundary between dream and reality. Set in early twentieth-century Greece, they illuminate both the hidden depths of everyday life and the mysteries that lie just beyond ordinary experience. Their author, Napoleon Lapathiotis, was one of the most distinctive voices of modern Greek literature—a celebrated poet and influential presence in the literary magazines that shaped Greek modernism. First published in periodicals and long unavailable to international readers, these stories reveal a master of mood and psychological nuance, offering a contemporary audience the chance to rediscover a distinctive voice in the rich and diverse European literary heritage.

‘A delicate melancholy, sentences shaped like lines of poetry, theatrical dialogue, and stories rooted in the most tangible everyday life, from which they take flight […] Lapathiotis’s stories are deeply personal […] and direct: they go straight to the heart.‘
— Titika Dimitroulia
Kathimerini Newspaper

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