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VASIA TZANAKARI
Johnny and Lulu
Novel
Pages: 256
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: May 2011
English excerpt available upon request
For information regarding The Programme of Greek Literature Funding:
http://www.frasis.eu/default_en.asp
About the book
Johnny and Lulu are a cool couple. They are in their thirties, they are in love, they are
uncompromising. When Lulu gets fired their life changes dramatically. Up until that moment they
had been watching the world around them collapse but now they are collapsing with it trying to
survive in a boiling Athens. A job proposition changes everything. They set out for Istanbul, a trip
down childhood memories of summer, hard family relationships and the beginning of their love.
In this road-trip they are accompanied by a couple of painters, a former sailor, a stiff big-shot
lawyer, two sisters that grew up listening to Elvis, a professor who once used to be a record
collector, a foul-mouthed female taxi driver, a man who turned into a dog, a cat who wanted to
live free and all the music that keeps them alive. Johnny and Lulu is a novel about immense love,
loud music and the endless road. A book about the generation whose future has been stolen, a
generation that is sacrificed for the sake of a crisis, but never stops dreaming.
About the author
Vasia Tzanakari was born in 1980 in Serres, Greece. She studied English Language & Literature
at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. She lives in Athens. Her first book, Eleven little murders:
Stories inspired by Nick Cave songs granted her a nomination for best new author (Diavazo
literary magazine awards). Various short stories of hers have been published in collective works,
magazines and websites. She is also a translator, she has been Editor-in-Chief of Pop+Rock
magazine and she reports for several magazines, newspapers and websites (Difono,
www.musicpaper.gr, www.billboard.com.gr).
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HILDA PAPADIMITRIOU
For a fistful of vinyls
Crime Novel
Pages: 384
Format: 13x20cm
Publication: May 2011
English excerpt available upon request
For information regarding The Programme of Greek Literature Funding:
http://www.frasis.eu/default_en.asp
About the book
Detective Charis Nicolopoulos is pushing forty but is still living with his mom and does
paperwork at the police department. Now, for the first time he is assigned a
murder.However, the murder of the vinyl collector Stamatis Pavlides turns out to be quite
mysterious and the investigation gets more complicated as weeks go by. Detective
Nikolopoulos will land in a microcosm where everyone has something to hide...
About the author
Hilda Papadimitriou was born in Kallithea, an Athens suburb. She grew up in neighbouring
Nea Smyrni listening to Neil Young and Bob Dylan. She studied Law and for about twenty
years she owned a record shop on Nea Smyrni square. She has been translating
professionally since 1994 (John Barth, Percival Everett, Jonathan Coe, Bob Dylan, Leonard
Cohen, Raymond Chandler). She has also written pocket books about the Beatles and the
Clash and has collaborated with musical magazines (Zoo, Pop&Rock, Sonic); she is an editor
with the Internet musical magazine MiC. For a Fistful of Vinyls is her first novel.
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MARLENA POLITOPOULOU
The Belated regret of Mr. Marios
Crime Novel
Pages: 256
Format: 13x20cm
Publication: May 2011
French excerpt available
For information regarding The Programme of Greek Literature Funding:
http://www.frasis.eu/default_en.asp
About the book
An interwoven story of city men and farmers, sophisticated and nouveau riche all acting
within a Mediterranean scenery: wild sea, full moon, a monastery or curly paths and beautiful
houses. A mingle of truths and lies that is shed on past and present time and at the end pulls
people’s lives to the edge.
With her previous novel, Polaroid memory (Metaichmio, 2009) the writer introduced us a
series of crime fiction, combining historical and cultural elements of modern Greece.
About the author
Marlena Politopoulou was born in Athens in 1950 and studied Political Sciences at Athens
University, after which she spent some 20 years as a journalist in newspapers (Avgi, Nea)
and on the radio (ERA). She taught at the communications and mass media departments of
Athens University and Panteion University, and continues her collaboration with Athens
University within the framework of a programme titled “Gender and Equality.” From 2001 to
2004 she headed the publishing department of the Hellenic Festival and as of 2005 has been
hosting a show on literature for Athens Radio, 98.4 FM. She also works as a translator of
German texts into Greek A highly acclaimed author, she has published theatre plays, short
stories and novels.
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PAVLOS TSIMAS
A crisis travelogue
New York, September 2008 – Athens, September 2011
Publication: November 2011
English excerpt available upon request
For information regarding The Programme of Greek Literature Funding:
http://www.frasis.eu/default_en.asp
About the book
The title A crisis travelogue (September 2008 – October 2011) is a long journey around the world hit by crisis
within the past three years.
I had the privilege for three years after the crash outburst to follow the tail of crisis all over the world. I happened
to be accidentally at the epicenter of the earthquake, in the heart of Manhattan, in September 2008. I have also
experienced the vibrations of each aftershock of the crisis all over the world, which caused in some countries real
tsunamis. I have decided to register this travelogue –the course of a reporter within the galaxy of crisis in search
of meanings – mainly out of a personal need: to try to unite the small lines and numerous dots stretching in
chaotic shapes in front of me and attempt to give them a recognizable image. I had hoped that this would be a
common need. My intention was to share with other people the first surprise, the anxiety, the questions, the
frustrations and the confusion in search of a definition to all that.
This travelogue covers many miles – it is a long road in a human landscape shattered by denial, fear, anger and
desperation. It includes hundreds of meetings with people, prime ministers, great businessmen, economy Nobelprize winners or simply victims of the earthquake. A mosaic of interviews, testimonies and confessions covering
the following periods:
New York, September 2008
Athens, October 2008
Reykjavík, October 2010
Budapest, November 2008
Dublin, April 2009
Athens, October 2009
Constantinople – Buenos Aires, 2001
Frankfurt, May 2011
About the author
Pavlos Tsimas is a Greek journalist. He writes a column for TA NEA, Athens daily newspaper, and is producing
and presenting a quarterly current affairs, investigative program for MEGA Channel, the most influential and
popular TV station in Greece. He was born in Athens, in 1953. He studied Law and Political science in Athens and
Paris. He started a career in journalism in 1980. He has been covering Greek public life for over 30 years, as a
political correspondent and has been a regural member of interviewing panels in Greek political leaders electoral
debates. He has covered wars in Yugoslavia, Iraq and Africa. For the last three years, he has been travelling the
crisis-hit world, researching and presenting a series of documentaries on the economic meltdown. His new bookA crisis travelogue - is based on this long journey.
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GIORGOS SYBARDIS
The Incompetent
Novel
Pages: 440
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: October 2011
English excerpt available upon request
For information regarding The Programme of Greek Literature Funding:
http://www.frasis.eu/default_en.asp
About the book
A lifetime friendship between two men. The one is a lawyer while the other occasionally a waiter, a sailor, a travel
agent, a bar attendant and finally an actor. They usually meet and chat about women and their affairs with them
which are not always long enough. One day the two men decide to live together sharing one’s apartment and the
other’s life.
This newly republished novel is considered one of the most important modern-classic novels of Greece.
One of those milestones which through a sharp intelligence unfold complex issues for the nature of the world.
(Elisavet Kotzia, H KATHIMERINI)
In this disguised masterpiece the reader looks through the spyhole an aspect of the Greek reality.
(Menis Koumantareas, ELEFTHEROTYPIA)
About the author
Giorgos Sybardis was born in 1945. His first novel The medium was published in 1987 and his second entitled
The Incompetent in 1998. Both of them as well as his new one, Promise of marriage, received many and exquisite
reviews.
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NIKOS THEMELIS
Symphony of dreams
The most popular Greek author of the decade!
670.000 copies of his books sold within the past ten years
Novel
Format: 14x20,5cm
To be published: October 2010
English excerpt available upon request
Over 40.000 cps sold
Willing to provide information for the Contemporary Greek Literature Translation Funding
About the book
Dreams... dreams that reveal power on earth and beyond... Dreams that haunt us guide us, drive
us away.
Night dreams and day dreams, standing at the other side of reality and of enrolling life, unable to
help a family stick together, unable to save its members from being lost and rived due to
circumstances but also due to faults of their own and their mentality.
Four dreams, four stories narrating the life of a family through the last half of the previous
century. Life paths in pursue of deliverance, justification and justice, that lead to the far edge
limits of society. A family that bleeds and erodes and yet finds some hope for those who know
how to earn it.
About the author
Nikos Themelis is a unique phenomenon in Greek letters. Best selling books, many awards, and
exceptional reviews. He was born in 1947 in Athens and died in August 2011. He graduated from
the German school of Athens, Doerpfeld Gymnasium, studied Law at the University of
Thessaloniki and continued his studies in Germany, where he did his Ph.D. on European
Community matters in 1975. He worked at the Bank of Agriculture, the Ministry of National
Economy and the Law Service of the Council of EEC in Brussels. He has had several scientific
publications released on EEC issues. He also speaks German, English and French. This is his
seventh novel. His work has been translated into German, Italian, Turkish, Serbian, Bulgarian and
Romanian.
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LIA MEGALOU-SEFERIADI
And yet it blossoms…
Novel
Pages: 424
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: April 2011
English excerpt available upon request
Over 12.000 cps sold
Willing to provide information for the Contemporary Greek Literature Translation Funding
About the book
Electra is born in the beginning of the 20th century within a family who has been through a
lot but managed to become one of Kavala’s, a northern Greek city’s, finest and wealthy
members. She is growing up as if she is a princess. But the 2nd World War will overturn her
life once more. Many misfortunes will come to her life but Electra, the generous Electra, will
always fight back and stand still.
And today, being 90 years old, she is narrating her personal story, the story of a century,
providing us with valuable lessons on self-knowledge and moral strength.
About the author
Lia Megalou-Seferiadi was born in Thessaloniki in 1945. Her first short story was published
in 1966. In 1972 she published her first poetry collection. Ever since she has written 15
books, most of them novels. She has also translated several books of socio-political content.
In 2001 she was awarded the Ipektsi Prize for her novel Like silk.
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GIORGOS DENDRINOS
Black adder à la grecque
Novel
Pages: 424
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: March 2011
English excerpt available upon request
Willing to provide information for the Contemporary Greek Literature Translation Funding
About the book
Why does a doctor working in a hospital in Athens decides to be relocated in a Health Centre
in a village?
Why does a corpse gets vanished from the above mentioned hospital?
Why is a basement apartment considered to be a very suspicious place?
Police force, Navy force, TV reporters, crime specialists, psychologists, astrologists,
sexologists and many more others are in pursue of the answers.
Police officer Kostavaras and sergeant Throumopoulos are investigating the most important
case of their career. Will they make it?
The modern Greek tragedy presented in a most refined, caustic and hilarious way.
About the author
Giorgos Dendrinos was born in 1951 in Athens where he studied Medicine. He obtained his
post graduate degree in Oxford, in Birmingham and in Minneapolis. He is an orthopaedist and
the director of Euroclinic of Athens. This is his forth book.
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GIORGOS SYBARDIS
Promise of marriage
Novel
Pages: 488
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: April 2011
English excerpt available upon request
Willing to provide information for the Contemporary Greek Literature Translation Funding
About the book
A forty two year old man and four women about the same age. His name is Zacharias, he
loves women dearly and he seeks to find the one to marry. Their names are Aleka, Olga, Vivi
and Matina. Zacharias flirts with the first two, gets involved with the third and engaged three
times with the forth.
In the meantime we follow the lives of the people surrounding them: husbands, children,
love partners.
Six months of the every day life of the petit bourgeois of Athens into a novel which was
described by the critics as a masterpiece of details, depth and texture of the characters.
About the author
Giorgos Sybardis was born in 1945. His first novel The medium was published in 1987 and
his second entitled Dimitris the Useless in 1998. Both of them as well as his recent one
received many and exquisite reviews.
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SOFIA NIKOLAIDOU
Tonight all friends are gone
ATHENS PRIZE FOR LITERATURE 2010
NOMINATED FOR THE DIAVAZO LITERARY AWARDS 2011
NOMINATED FOR THE READER’S AWARD 2010 (NATIONAL
BOOK CENTRE)
Novel
Pages: 280
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: March 2010
Rights sold to Israel
English excerpt available upon request
Over 15.000 cps sold
Willing to provide information for the Contemporary Greek Literature Translation Funding
About the book
December 2008: Protests and chantings. A university in flames. A few words pop up as a
rocket: Tonight all friends are gone.
October 1981-1989: An unsuspicious –yet determined– historian investigates the forbidden
issues of the collaborators and the German-fascist organisations of Salonica. Though his
subject is dangerous he is strong enough to continue and undergo the consequences.
1934-1944: Nazism, occupied Salonica, Jews, Greeks, Germans, black marketers,
propaganda, imprisonment and food in a mess. Traitors and patriots.
A novel on the dark side of Greek history. As the story unfolds the reader learns about three
generations of Greeks who strive to survive through turbulent times. Parents and children,
professors and students, grocers, urchins, grandmas, employees, trade unionists or
neutralists, a mosaic of people, learn once and for all that you first see in which side your
blood is shed and then decide where to stand.
How can one decide right or wrong when surrounded by a flaming world?
How does theory becomes ineffective?
And finally who affirmed us that this country shall never collapse?
About the author
Sofia Nikolaidou was born in Salonica in 1968 and studied Classical
Philology. She has written a dissertation on the development of
information technologies for the teaching of literature. She currently
teaches creative writing in the post-graduate program of the University
of West Macedonia. Her short stories have been translated in eight
languages. Since 2001 she writes book reviews for the newspaperTA
NEA. Her personal website: www.snikolaidou.gr
Published works include: Novels: The purple conductor, A Planet called
Prespa), Short stories: A blonde on the ground, Fear will find you and you will be alone as
long as researches and translations.
www.snikolaidou.gr
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KOSTAS VAXEVANIS
The Man of the Wall
Novel
Pages: 512
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: May 2010
English excerpt available upon request
Over 12.000 cps sold
Willing to provide information for the Contemporary Greek Literature Translation Funding
About the book
The story –or is it just the reality– begins in Berlin during the nineties. There is a man in a
hotel room, with his head bent over some newspapers trying to decode a message. It might
lead to his salvation the time that the Berlin Wall is being demolished into pieces. A journalist
is looking at the remnants of a Wall and is thinking of the country that doesn’t exist anymore.
East Germany. He finds himself wandering among the ex East-Germans feeling in the air
their deep sense of uncertainty until he is found in front of the building of Stasi, one of the
most effective and repressive intelligence agencies in the world.
A routine reportage turns into a nightmare. He doesn’t expect to discover so many skeletons
in the closet: agents selling secrets, politicians taking bribes, publishers blackmailing and a
Greek, beyond suspicion, who is one of the most important Stasi agent struggles not to be
revealed. All that follows has nothing to do with James Bond’s films.
It is the rough reality which sweeps us away with no mercy… The readers will wonder if
everything of these is real. They better search how many things they ignore!
A stirring spy thriller derived from recent history.
About the author
Kostas Vaxevanis was born in Lesvos in 1966 and studied Mathematics. Since 1991 he
works as a journalist and a war correspondent. He has written articles for a great number of
prestigious newspapers. During the last years he broadcasts his own reportages. His
television programme called The Pandora Box is considered to be one of the most
trustworthy taking into account that through his investigation there has been uncovered the
Vatopedi monastery’s scandal. Published works include: The O of Christina Onassi and The
Lost Gene. He participated in two bound volumes for the War and the Means of Information.
His articles for the role of the Means of Information during Wartime constitute part of the
suggested bibliography in the Greek Universities.
www.koutipandoras.gr
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KOSTAS AKRIVOS
Does anybody remember Alfons?
NOMINATED FOR THE DIAVAZO LITERARY AWARDS 2011
NOMINATED FOR THE READER’S AWARD 2010 (NATIONAL
BOOK CENTRE)
Novel
Pages: 312
Format: 14x20,5cm
Publication: May 2010
German translation available upon request
Rights sold: Germany
Willing to provide information for the Contemporary Greek Literature Translation Funding
About the book
A lust for adventure burns the soul of Alfons Hochhauser. He is only sixteen when he
abandons his house in the Alps to wander in the countries of the South. In 1926 he reaches
the Greek mountain Pelion and takes the big decision: to spend the rest of his life there. He
works very hard to survive while learns the crafts of sea and earth. His name very soon
becomes a legend and why not? Since he owns a pension where he offers hospitality to Greta
Garbo, he is involved in the discovery of the status of Poseidon of Artemision and so many
more. Thirty years after his unbelievable death a writer searches the trail of his life. Could he
be his son? A book dedicated to the bonds of blood. A question that has to be answered: is
there anything stronger than family?
For more information on the personality of Alfons Hochhauser visit:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfons_Hochhauser
http://www.alfons-hochhauser.de
About the author
Kostas Akrivos was born in 1958 in Volos. He works as a teacher in secondary education. A
highly acclaimed author he has published novels, short stories and anthologies. He is the
editor of the series A City in Literature (Metaichmio). Published works include: Pandemonium
(2007) published also in Italy (Crozetti Editore) and Switzerland (Waldgut Verlag) and
Manhood ceremonies. A life in seventeen episodes (2009).
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ARIS DIMOKIDIS
INVISIBLE REPORTERS
Seven fascinating days
Cover illustration by Natalia Kapatsoulia
Children’s Fiction 10-12 years
Paperback edition
Pages: 192
Format: 13x20cm
Publication: January 2010
English excerpt available upon request
www.aoratoireporter.blogspot.com
The Last concert – THE SECOND NEW TITLE OF THE SERIES
About the book
The world's most famous footballer has mysteriously disappeared and only a young girl can
help him...
Eleni, the newest member of a secret journalist team will travel across the world searching
for the truth. She must interview suspects in London, look for clues in New York, eavesdrop
producers in Moscow, unlock a secret drawer in Tokyo, search for the truth in Rio De Janeiro.
And while travelling to different cities, Eleni meets new people, admires new cultures and has
fantastic adventures. Model photo shoots, football games, on-air movie productions, hidden
clues, emotional friendships, outrageous TV game shows, strange celebrities, breathtaking
action: nothing can stop Eleni from having the time of her life!
She only has seven days to solve the mystery, unravel a big conspiracy and save her
favourite footballer. And she's not wasting a minute!
Invisible Reporters is the name of a secret team whose members are young boys and
girls. Because of their age no one can even suspect they are journalists (thus 'invisible'),
which is helpful when they want to infiltrate somewhere or interview people who would ever
talk to reporters. They have a popular blog on the internet where they publish their revealing
work, and have numerous correspondents around the world - living their own exciting
journalistic adventures. In every book of the series, a different member of the Invisible
Reporters team will have its own adventure - the next book ("The Last Concert") will feature
a boy trying to solve the mystery of the strange demise of a teen girl group.
It's adaptable to every market (and country), tied to a real life blog similar to that of the
team (available in every language necessary) and appealing to children and teens thanks to
its fast paced -almost cinematic- action and the contemporary issues that it touches.
About the author
Aris Dimokidis was born in 1978 in Salonica. He studied Arts and Heritage Management in
London and is currently working as a journalist for various cultural magazines in Greece. He
has also worked for the London International Gallery of Children's Art as a coordinator for
workshops and children's art exhibitions. Published works include: Stella and Stephen series,
The Enchanted Village.
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MARISA DE CASTRO
Crossing the paths of Byzantium
Illustration by Stamatis Bonatsos
Picture Book 10-12 years
Paperback edition
Pages: 68
Format: 14x23,5 cm
Publication: February 2011
English excerpt available upon request
About the book
A guide for children related to the works of the Byzantine period, found in the collections of
the Byzantine Museum in Athens and generally in Greece. The author focuses on specific
pieces of art in an attempt to show the way of living of the people, their customs even the
materials they used in multiple applications of their everyday life. An innovative idea which
familiarize children with this important period of the world history.
About the author
Marisa de Castro was born in Athens. Between 1973 and 1982 she lived in Paris, where she
studied Education and Literature for Children and Adolescents at the Sorbonne University.
Since her return to Greece she has taught in the private sector History and Literature to
primary school children, adopting a fresh approach to the teaching of these subjects. She has
written several children’s books on History and Art and has translated children’s fiction. In
2006, Short Stories of the Archaeological Museum (in Greek , published by Kastor) that she
co-authored with Panos Valavanis won the National Book Award for Non-fiction.
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RIGHTS CATALOGUE
fiction | art books
education | cookery-nutrition
2010
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index
PROFILE 3
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FICTION POETRY
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CHRONICLE 23
EDUCATIONAL BOOKS-GUIDES 24
PARENTING
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COOK BOOKS 26-27
ART BOOKS
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LIST OF OUR AUTHORS
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English translation or excerpts
from all books translated
into English are available
on request.
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METAICHMIO
Publications is considered one of the most
important publishing houses in Greece.
Its course in the Greek publishing market
has proven to be very successful and today
its strong presence in the overall market is
ensured. Aim for this year is to further expand
while maintaining quality, which is the common
feature of all Metaichmio’s titles.
METAICHMIO Publications specializes in the following
categories of books:
Greek Fiction
Translated Fiction
Children’s Books
Comics
Art Books
Humanities and Sciences
Cook Books
Study Companions
METAICHMIO Publications has established fruitful
relationships with some of the most important
contemporary Greek authors and with some of
the most promising new Greek writers. Herewith
follows a selection of our new as well as
forthcoming Greek titles.
Visit our site for a fully searchable catalogue:
www.metaixmio.gr
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FICTION
MARLENA POLITOPOULOU
www.metaixmio.gr
Marlena Politopoulou was born in Athens in 1950 and studied Political
Sciences at Athens University, after which she spent some 20 years as
a journalist in newspapers (Avgi, Nea) and on the radio (ERA). She taught
at the communications and mass media departments of Athens
University and Panteion University, and continues her collaboration with
Athens University within the framework of a programme titled “Gender
and Equality.”
From 2001 to 2004 she headed the publishing department of the
Hellenic Festival. She also works as a translator of German texts into
Greek. A highly acclaimed author, she has published theatre plays,
short stories and novels.
Polaroid Memory
Crime Novel
Format: 13×20
Publication: March 2009
Excerpt in English available
ABOUT THE BOOK
Pavlos G., an architect and ex police forensics sketcher, is trying to solve
an old and forgotten open case of a murder committed in 1976: a man
is found brutally murdered in a tunnel of Mount Pelion. It is a snowy
Christmas and the main suspects are gathered in the pharmacist’s house,
where the victim used to work as a cook and a housekeeper… Pavlos
investigates the lives of three generations, learns about the tormented
years of the Greek Civil War and how the mountain villagers suffered,
visits the famous taverns of Volos that serve tsipouro (traditional Greek
spirit) and wanders around the ancient marbles of Thission in the Skopelos
island. Polaroid memory is not just a crime novel but a mosaic of historical
and cultural elements of modern Greece.
EXCERPT OF THE BOOK
“A dark wild womb”, he reflected as he entered the tunnel. “It can give life – but death as well.” He swept away the
shadows which had gathered in his brain, and asked:
“How exactly did they find him?”
“Near the exit of the tunnel, in the direction of the station, at a point which can’t be seen from the side openings.
We’ll be there in a minute. It was horrible. He was lying on his back, on the wagon, with his bare feet hanging down;
they’d been dragged across the lines. His scarf was stuffed in his mouth. To begin with, they wanted to leave him there,
but they were afraid that because of the weather the police would take a long time to come. So they covered him with
oilcloth so that he couldn’t be seen and they hauled him to the old station, broke down the door with a sledgehammer,
and left him in there. When he –or she– killed him, the murderer was in very little danger. The blow was fast, and, from what
I’ve read, fatal. Because of the cold, everybody was wearing gloves and so the murderer didn’t even have to conceal
his fingerprints. But what followed was risky. He must have been very crazy, or had a very serious reason to set about
dragging the corpse over the railways lines – whoever it was murdered him. He must have stayed there at least five
minutes –at the very least– exposed to the possibility that someone would come along and see him.”
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REVIEWS ON THE BOOK
POLAROID MEMORY
It rivets reader’s attention from the very beginning. A multifaced tale… with turnovers, surprises and full of fellow feelings.
Olga Sella, KATHIMERINI
A crime novel with an unexpected plot and scenery set
in the Civil War. The last pages are absolutely a scream. Before
the time of purgation, sleepy passions are being mingled again
and long forgotten memories rise up on the surface. Simple,
bitter and big truths.
Giorgos Votsis, ELEFTHEROTYPIA
Polaroid Memory recalls a guilt-stained past
Marlena Politopoulou uses crime fiction to probe the tangled
legacy of civil conflict.
Ferocious civil conflict in the wake of World War II left
Greece with such painful memories that society eventually
chose to bury them in an attempt to move beyond the old
divisions. Marlena Politopoulou mines that tangled legacy in
her latest novel, I mnimi tis Polaroid (Polaroid Memory),
published by Metaichmio.
Secrets from long ago weigh on all her characters, not
least her investigator, Pavlos G., son of a police chief who was
murdered on the job a year before he was due to retire.
Overcoming an initial reluctance to inspect his father’s
papers, Pavlos G. finds seven unsolved cases. He decides to
investigate them, one by one, thus neatly leaving the author
with material for another six books.
The first is the murder of a railway worker in a tunnel near
Volos in 1976, after the fall of the junta and the return to
democratic rule. The passions that gave rise to his killing and
mutilation go back much earlier, to the heroism, slaughter,
betrayals and separations of the civil war.
Not your average investigator, Pavlos G. came to the
profession by way of his first love, architecture; his talent for
drawing made him for a time a special police consultant,
sketching suspects. Now he draws on the expertise of former
colleagues to assist him in his investigation.
His decision to tackle the unsolved cases signals a belated
determination to grapple with his remote, unaffectionate
father’s more personal legacy, manifested partly in his own
fear of commitment: Pavlos G. runs a mile when an attraction
threatens to develop into love.
Given a cold case 30 years old and much history to
narrate, Politopoulou injects action by sending her investigator
and his sidekick, police psychologist Ira Mytilinaiou, out of town
in search of evidence. This also enables her to offer a guided
tour of Thessaly, where much of the story is set. She pays tribute
to its tradition of hospitality, its countryside, architecture and
villages that are only now recovering from the devastation
visited on them during the civil war and their subsequent
desertion by poverty-stricken inhabitants who sought work
abroad.
The evidence, much of it oral, reveals how the crime sprang
not only from character but also from complex motivations
driven by a cruel past where families were torn apart, parents
had to abandon offspring and some women raised children
who were the product of rape. The denouement comes in a
classic crime novel confrontation where the truth emerges and
with it a possibility of reconciliation.
Vivienne Nilan, ATHENSPLUS (THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD
TRIBUNE & KATHIMERINI SA), 29/5/2009
[…] A classic crime novel of the type who the killer is evolves
to a fascinating historical narration which denudes the heroes
turning them from symbolic figures to humans with passions
and sins. As a result the reader is forced to look directly in the
eyes the shadow layers covering the hero. The quest for the
guilty of the old murder will bring to the surface secrets and
crimes, moments of self-sacrifice and testimonies for lives lost
in the name of ideal freedom that never came. The reader
will find himself between winners and losers, fair-minded and
unfair, dead and living.
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Vassilis Gouroyiannis was born in 1951 in Granitsa, Ioannina. He
studied at the Law School of Salonica. Since 1977 he works as a
lawyer in Athens. He has published poetry collections, a narrative
collection and three novels. His novel, The Comedians of Athens
(1999), was translated into Italian by Crocetti Editore under the
title I commedianti di Atene. The following titles have been
published by Metaichmio Publications: A profane violation (2003)
and From a different corner (2006).
Red in the Green Line
Novel
Pages: 456
Format: 14×20,5
Publication: March 2009
ABOUT THE BOOK
This is a novel about war. The author examines the painful and suppressed truth as confessed by a company of veterans
who experienced the “Attila” invasion of 1974. Thirty years after this neglected not only by the politicians but also by the
army leadership war, these men fall into a reminiscent mood in search of the redemption of their devastated souls. A great
part of the book is based on testimonies of Greek and Turkish veterans who have been both the protagonists and now
suffer from the shell-shock or PTSD syndrom, as it is called post Vietnam-war. A bitter tale with positive messages of an ever
current issue: the vanity of war.
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RED IN THE GREEN LINE
[…] Even though the main plot is imaginative, it is minimal and
based on the description of the heroes’ psychological world
and their traumatic memories. In any case, this is a landmarkbook of Greek literature and that shows it is strong enough to
handle old wounds with fictional skillfulness avoiding to soothe
pain with placebo-arguments. […]
[…] Vassilis Gouroyiannis devotes to all those unknown,
degraded and tortured Greeks, who hadn’t fought against
Turk invaders in 1974, one of the most exciting and important
books of the last decade.
Vassilis Kalamaras, ELEFTHEROTYPIA, 25/7/2009
Manolis Piblis, TA NEA (Vivliodromio), 28-29/3/2009
Abstract from an interview of the writer to Ilias Maglinis
(KATHIMERINI, 3/5/2009):
ñ You stay on a specific aspect of the issue with which no
one has ever coped up so far…
I write about the open wounds of Greek history. The dead
people of Cyprus is one of them, but the Greek uninformed
society repels what doesn’t flatter it. It is still a wound which
we roughly covered and when you do this you are in
danger of suffering from a gangrene.
ñ The main character of this book is also a lawyer and has
a dark past from his military service in Cyprus…
Yes, this contradiction exists: on the one hand we have a
concrete and successful personality […] but this man hides
a dark secret […]. It is not just a historical or political novel
but a text which talks about the existential agony of these
people and in a broader sense of the whole country.
Speaking about […] books that really deserve to be read, I
can’t but suggest Vassilis Gouroyiannis’ new novel […]. It is
perhaps the most interesting book of the period since writer
does not wander around the common fiction techniques but
dares to step his foot on mine-fields. The Soldiers of ELDYK, the
Greek heroes and the dead from the war of Cyprus and black
1974, return to today’s Nicosia as martyrs of the unwritten
history. Against who have they really fought? Was it against
Turks or Makarios? Daring and burning.
Roula Georgakopoulou, TA NEA (Vivliodromio), 27/6/2009
[…] Behind all those heroes there is revealed the history itself,
the memories of both Greek and Cypriots, the betrayals on
either side, the mountainous scenery of Cyprus, the hills the
beaches and the villages […] Vassilis Gouroyiannis dares
successfully to write a novel based on recent events, which
eventually turns to be a historical one. His main achievement
is his clear view and also the transmutation to an overall
assessment of the catholic Greek pain.
Lily Exarchopoulou, AVGI, 24/5/2009
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K O S TA S A K R I V O S
Kostas Akrivos was born in 1958 in Volos. He works as a teacher in secondary
education. A highly acclaimed author, he has published novels, short stories and
anthologies.
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Novel
Pages: 400
Format: 13×20
Excerpts in English, German and Turkish available
Rights sold to Switzerland (Waldgut Verlag – for the German language) and to Italy
(Crocetti Editore)
Nominated for the Greek Readership Award 2008
ABOUT THE BOOK
On the 16th of April 2004 in a monastery of Mt. Athos, monks discover in terror
a dead body in one of their cells. If one realizes that for over a thousand years
it is forbidden for women or even female animals to set foot on this place, it
becomes obvious how terrifying and mysterious this murder case is, since the
body belongs to a young woman. Kostas Akrivos keeps readers intrigued to the very last page of his thriller Pandemonium
with a series of unsolved mysteries and suspicion on all sides. Is the death the outcome of a sexual scandal? Is the
interference of a foreign power to blame? Has Lucifer himself had a hand in it or is the real cause something even more
frightening than all of that?
The author evokes an atmosphere that combines the solitude of the monastic life with a worldly murder investigation
in a book that flirts playfully with the detective novel without ever quite becoming one. Akrivos casts his net beyond the
confines of Athos, and the action encompasses references to the religious, social and politico-ideological make-up of
contemporary Greece.
EXCERPT OF THE BOOK
That was devoutly to be wished! Niphon turned his eyes and looked again on the same picture: snow, snow ... So anything
of the sort was out of the question for some hours to come. Later it would be dusk, night would fall. He started to say
something. Only now he noticed that her clothes were wet, like her hair. Isn’t this how the animals which lose their way
in the forest are? When they’re late returning to their nest and are overtaken by rain or a hunter. Wild animals taken by
surprised, terrified. Animals whose hearts are chilled by fear.
He climbed with hasty steps up to the monastery. Whatever happened, there was no way that Niphon was going
to leave the girl without help. Of course, he knew perfectly well, the words hammered at his brain:The girl has violated
the sanctuary, the girl has violated the sanctuary ...Agreed. But what was to be done now that circumstances had seen
to it that she needed his help?
He soon found work to distract him. He spent around two hours emptying out the bilge water from the boat, arranging
the nets and the hooks, scraping mould from the oars. His hands worked, but his brain worked even more.
He left everything and went towards the two leaves of the door – big and eaten away by the brine of so many years.
He pulled back the bolt and lifted the heavy latch. He pushed hard at the two leaves. The sea appeared before him. It
had begun to snow again. Large flakes were falling, and melting on the grey water. The angels are changing their wings
...He took another step. A black figure against a white background. He crossed his arms on his chest. His fingertips rested
on the point where he had the mark. Where the angel kissed him on the day he was born.
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REVIEWS ON THE BOOK
PANDEMONIUM
I consider that this book is the best that Akrivos has ever written;
because it meets my point that books should have a specific
theme and not just presumptions. A strong theme should be
enriched by knowledge that the writer can support and shape
it to literature. […] We shouldn’t forget that Kostas Akrivos has
proven not only to be a great writer but has shown respect
for the Mount Athos. His book is very interesting.
Charis Mavromatis, newspaper APOGEVMATINI
A love and suspense novel with a historical background. It is
more profane from the Popess Joan, by Em. Roidis, since the
sacrilege takes place in Mount Athos. And it is even more
exciting from the Name of the Rose, since the hidden
manuscript found in the monastic library is not about the
disputes of the Catholic Church, but the reconquest of the
Constantinople. […] And as a capstone, the novel is rich on
figural techniques.
Mary Theodosopoulou, newspaper TO VIMA
Akrivos has written a monastic thriller with rich realistic elements,
which could be read in one night – and that is not something
easy.
Nikos Panagiotopoulos, newspaper ELEFTHEROS TYPOS
Kostas Akrivos has given us a fine-crafted, detective story with
many realistic elements for the monastic life in Mount Athos.
But what he has mainly given us is the stimulus to reconsider
ourselves.
Giorgos Ch. Papasotiriou, newspaper VRADYNI
[…] The novel of Kostas Akrivos is distinguished not only by the
originality of the plot or the theme audacity but also by a series
of literary techniques. The strongest point of the book are the
last 8 ó pages. These pages reveal a polysemy of writing. The
multiplicity of alternatives for the closing of the story is one of
them. Others concern art of fiction and plot unfolding, such as
the role of the writer, the autonomy of the characters etc.
[…] The narrator sometimes watches and describes the
facts and other times seems aware of what will happen skilfully
leading us to the core of the story. His multileveled writing is
set forth in the form of letters, calendars, SMS, abstracts from
the Sacred Texts. […]
If Emmanouil Roidis has written a Popess Joan and
Umberto Eco has invented a manuscript that arose conflicts
in the Catholic Church, Kostas Akrivos simply sat in his desk
waiting for the inspiration to come. And when it came, he
welcomed it with gratitude, while it seemed more interesting
comparing to that of the other two writers. As a result,
Pandemonium is a novel which will make readers and critics
wonder if it is a religious, a historical or a love novel with a tone
of suspense.
Tasoula Tsilimeni, magazine DIAVAZO
Manhood ceremonies. A life in seventeen episodes
Short stories
Publication: March 2009
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A N A S TA S S I S V I S T O N I T I S
Anastassis Vistonitis was born in Komotini, Northern Greece, in
1952. He studied Political Sciences and Economics in Athens.
From 1983 to 1988 he lived in the U.S.A. (New York and Chicago)
and travelled extensively in Europe, North America, Africa,
Australia and Asia. From 1996 to 2001 he was a member of the
board of the E.W.C. (The Federation of European Writers) and
now he is its Vice-president. In addition to poems, essays, book
reviews and articles contributed to many leading quarterlies and
newspapers Anastassis Vistonitis has published nine books of
poetry, two volumes of essays, three travelogues, and a book of
short stories.
He was the General Editor of the candidature file of Athens
for the Olympic Games of 2004. His writings have been translated
into 14 languages and appeared in such journals as Lettre
International, P.E.N. International, Translation, Sodobnost, Helicon
and 2b (A Magazine of Ideas). He is a columnist of the leading
Greek newspaper To Vima and lives in Athens.
Literature and Geography
Places, cities, people
Travelogue
Pages: 256
Format: 11×18
Excerpts in English (4 stories) available on request
Rights sold to Serbia (Geopoetika)
ABOUT THE BOOK
If someone asked me why I’ve written this book, I would simply explain
that in the beginning I had no idea where it would lead me. However,
I knew that I wanted to describe my imaginary navigation during the
last twenty years and convey the appeal and nostalgia of my travel
between the real and invented world […] Because each visit is not just
a passing, but also a return and an awakening of senses.
(A. Vistonitis)
The writer balances between reality and imagination. He describes places and cities of the whole world from a particular
perspective that is combined with literature. Venice is his first stop, but not the last. The literary travels continue with
references to a remarkable number of cities, such as Dublin, Rome, Moscow, Mexico, Prague, Beijing, Sydney, Madrid,
Stockholm, Constantinople, London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin and many more…
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EXCERPT IN ENGLISH
LITERATURE AND GEOGRAPHY
REVIEWS ON THE BOOK
LITERATURE AND GEOGRAPHY
ODESSA
The rust of Romanticism
When cities are in decline, ghosts spring out from the
corners of the buildings. Ten years ago, one pale afternoon
in Odessa, below Pushkin’s statue, on which two pigeons
were playing, the present seemed to have disappeared.
The harbour was deserted, and on the famous steps where
Eisenstein filmed Battleship Potemkin, there were very few
people – foreigners mostly, wanting to be photographed
at the top of them with the harbour in the background,
beneath the oblong shadow cast by the statue of the Duc
de Richelieu, the first governor of Odessa, who left in 1914
and became Prime Minister of France.
[…] The further back you go, the more melancholy this
city becomes, with its marvellous street plan and its fine
houses, which seem more forlorn and more poverty-stricken
in the light and the reflections of the sea. Because, of
course, if the present is unbearable, it is all the more easily
displaced by memories. It was here, after repeated
postings elsewhere, that Pushkin, as a civil servant at the
Foreign Ministry, came, and, so the legend goes, to kill time
embarked on an affair with the Director General’s wife,
Countess Vorontsova, with whom, however, he soon fell
deeply in love, and began to write Eugene Onegin.
Many years later, Constantin Paustovsky would come
and sit alone, a little below Richelieu’s statue, breathing
in the smell of the seaweed and the sea. As Neal Ascherson
says so superbly in his excellent book on the Black Sea, The
Birthplace of Civilisation and Barbarism, ‘he wrote about
Odessa as a man writes about his wife who has died
young’.
Anastassis Vistonitis is not an ordinary traveller, but a stylist on
landscapes and a conveyer of lost souls. He discovers the
symbols of every city he visits, its men of letters and those
literary voices which implanted it to the universal conscience.
He himself dislikes the ordinary list-top sightseeing. On the
contrary, he spends time in places able to release the
imagination of the wanderer and the lust of the reader. […]
a wonderful collection of travelling and literary experiences
for those keen on it.
Tina Mandilara, newspaper Proto Thema
The writer decides to collect in an (almost) pocket edition the
representative stages of literature based on the cities he has
visited in the past. Anastassis Vistonitis had a column in the
newspaper To Vima, with the same name with that of the book:
Literature and Geography, in which he used to write weakly
his travelling and literary experiences of various places. (In the
same way with the book), he makes us sit in an imaginary small
and old table just to watch the medical bag of Anton
Chekhov. Or he flies us until Cape Town to see monk seals bask
in the sun. A few pages later we move to Prague in order to
render tribute to the Kafka’s grave. Each chapter is like a
chapter from the writer’s personal diary. It is alluring. Anastassis
Vistonitis does not simply describe cities, but conveys us their
energy.
Valia Barbatioti, magazine Nemesis
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DIMITRIS MIGGAS
Dimitris Miggas was born in 1951. He lives in Salonica. He received the Diavazo
prize for best first-time author for his collection of short stories, On Those At Rest.
His novel, It rarely snows in the islands, is published into Italian by Crocetti Editore.
His novels A Modern Odyssey and Not playing for real are published into Serbian
by Geopoetika.
A Modern Odyssey
Novel
Pages: 248
Format: 13×20
Excerpts in English available on request
Rights sold to Serbia
Nominated for the Greek Readership Award 2008
www.metaixmio.gr
ABOUT THE BOOK
What happens when the plot and the characters of an Ancient myth collide
with the fate of an everyday village boy? Telemachos Charitos, descendant
of the ancient Telemachus, son of Ulysses and Penelope, is the unlikely hero
of this novel. Growing up in a village of the Ionian Islands this quite simpleminded boy is also waiting for his father to return from his journeys and has to
take care of his own lonely mother Penelope. He dreams of a father that
bears no resemblance to the known Ulysses. For Telemachos (Machos) his father is no warrior and he is
not fighting with sea monsters or with the charms of witches. He is dreaming of a father who is quiet,
considerate and as innocent as he is; a father that embraces life and appreciates every single day.
As he enters adulthood, he starts claiming what he believes will make him happy.
He wants to become a musician; he falls in love in his own unique way and shares his feelings through
a messenger which is far more direct and intense than sharing your love through the Internet. He is
awarded for his courageousness in the army without knowing what he did to deserve this and unlike the
ancient heroes he decides to go on a quest to find out what happened to his missing father instead of
just waiting in grief for a sign of hope.
Not Playing For Real
Novel
Pages: 256 ñ Format: 13×20
ABOUT THE BOOK
Not Playing For Real is a story of a group of friends. Five friends meet every four
years to watch the World Cup Final. Nine finals, nine meetings, nine chapters. From
1970 until 2002, from their student years to maturity, from the Military Dictatorship
to the European Union, from the twentieth to the twenty-first century, from dreams
to reality, from existing socialism to globalization, from the Brazil of Pele to the Brazil
of Ronaldo.
Rights sold to Serbia and to Armenia.
Screen rights sold to Spain.
English translation of the novel Not Playing For Real as well as excerpts from his
short story collection About Salonica alone available on request.
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NOT PLAYING FOR REAL
The author’s choice to go backwards in time is not merely a
caprice. This trick gives to the reader the capability to interpret
the plot backwards, a kind of reverse suspense […] The reader
already knows how the story ends from the very first page, but
wonders how these five male heroes have been drained out
from their desires and expectations to be filled with frustration
and guilt. Is everything planned out right from the beginning?
No – and here lies Miggas’ narrative skill. Each chapter
maintains its autonomy. […] No matter how well acquainted
with the events of each period, we cannot predict under
which circumstances the fate of the heroes changed. This
narrative technique makes the past as unpredictable as the
future. Apart from its other qualities, Miggas’ novel manages
to bring to life the past thirty years of Greek history without
anachronisms or simplifications…
Petros Tatsopoulos, TA NEA
[…] The narration includes the years that have passed through
alternating images of World Cup finals which are bound to
the crucial events in the life of each hero; these images unravel
either separately or jointly, giving a filmlike effect.
Well built images, well adjusted in action and in time that
possess such a descriptive quality that they manage to sum
up the life of the heroes within the length of a World Cup final.
Costas Sarros, SUNDAY ELEFTHEROTYPIA
[…] Miggas chose very representative characters, very well
substantiated: the frustrated member of the Communistic
Party, that along with the fall of Communism he experiences
the collapse of his family life, the traditional man that remains
loyal to his family and profession, the immoral politician who
manages to adjust to every occasion, the devoted artist who
denies to betray his artistic ideals […]
Elisavet Kotzia, KATHIMERINI
[…] A novel that manages to narrate as well modern Greek
history. Our dreams, our pursuits and our ideology. The
betrayals that we are forced to do. Written in a vivid and
humorous though austere way. With magnificent
characters that possess the quality to develop endlessly. A
crucial football game, which is as well historical,
philosophical, erotic, childish, funny though serious. An
unpredictable book which is in its essence great. On life
and the betrayal of the aspirations of youth. A betrayal that
the heroes seem unable to avoid…
Eleni Gika, ETHNOS
This book is the most complete book by Dimitris Miggas
because his narrative technique reveals what the official
history would rather remain hidden…
Christos Papageorgiou, HIGHLIGHTS magazine
PRESS RELEASE FOR NOT PLAYING FOR REAL
METAICHMIO Publications announced that they have reached an agreement with the Institute of Catalan Cinema (ICC, Institut
del Cinema Català) for the screen rights of the novel Not Playing For Real, by Dimitris Miggas, which will be shown on the Spanish
television. Representatives of the Institute have declared that the book is considered to be an honest description of the vast
political changes in Europe during the last thirty years.
The Institute of Catalan Cinema is an independent production company with many awarded movies, screen series and theatre
plays. It has established a great tradition in the adaptation of books by important writers, such as Manuel Va’ zquez Montalba’ n
and Eduardo Medoza, for their release in cinema and screen. Furthermore, its activity expands to the cooperation with renowned
production companies, as Warner Bros, and the production of screen series for the public television program of France and Italy.
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MANOS ELEFTHERIOU
Manos Eleftheriou was born in Ermoupoli on the island of Syros. He has published three
novels, nine collections of poetry, four volumes of prose, three albums, four volumes on
the theatre in Ermoupoli (1901-1921) and an anthology, Ermoupoli, a City in Literature
(Metaichmio 2004). He was awarded the 2005 State Prize for Best Novel for The Time of
Chrysanthemums (Metaichmio 2004). He has written the lyrics for over 400 popular songs
and has worked with virtually all the major Greek composers. His novel The woman who
died twice was published in Turkey by Karakutu Publishing (2006).
Man in the Well
Novel
Pages: 272 ñ Format: 13× 20
www.metaixmio.gr
ABOUT THE BOOK
A forty year old writer is having an accident on his way to the bus station. He slips to the
incrassate leaves of a plant that covers the remnants of an old manor and falls into a
well. Our hero is trapped deep inside the well and it is then when he starts thinking about
his life, other people’s lives, his country’s adversities. He will think of all those he has written
with so much effort and pain and will make up new stories. He will imagine his rescue and
hope that his friends will think of the same way. But do all those who love us think in the
same way? And how deep should a man go to find his soul? A pure literary novel with
wonderful lyric elements written by one of the greatest Greek authors of the century.
PRESS REVIEWS
“Eleftheriou artfully transforms a suspense novel, trapping his writer-hero inside a well, to a meditative tale which initiates
us into death.”
Evripidis Garantoudis, TA NEA (Vivliodromio)
“Spirited, witty and deeply philosophized.”
Elpida Pasamichali, ELEFTHEROS TYPOS
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Woman
Who Died
Twice
Novel
Pages: 416
Excerpts in English available
Best selling book of Greek fiction
in 2004
State Prize for Novel 2005
Rights sold to Turkey
Novel
Pages: 352
Excerpts in English available
Rights sold to Turkey
The novel The Woman Who
Died Twice is based on the true story of Heleni Papadaki,
a famous Greek actress who was accused of
collaborating with the Germans during the German
Occupation and was executed in December 1944.
Eleftheriou, inspired by her, rewrites her story. In order to
recreate the atmosphere and the events of that troubled
era, the author has researched court records,
newspapers, private archives and documents from public
services, presenting every side of the subject. Combining
historical facts with high quality literature, Eleftheriou
creates a story that unfolds breathtakingly, an exquisite
novel on human cruelty and violence, on the value of
human life during any war.
In the late 19th century, a theatre
company, led by Evaggelia Paraskevopoulou, a prominent
Greek actress, arrives in Ermoupolis, on the island of Syros, to
stage a play. The actress is an old friend of a local family that
has lost its wealth and prestige. The history of the Pina family,
recently bereft of its youngest son, conceals loves, unvoiced
passions and dark secrets. During the stay of the theatre
company in the town, more details are revealed
concerning both the family and Greek theatrical life. The
return of a woman from the past will be the reason for the
Pina family regaining all its wealth and social status. The
farewell dinner, thrown in the honour of the theatre
company, will signify, through a series of paradoxical events,
a new beginning for almost all the book’s main characters.
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P E T R O S T AT S O P O U L O S
Petros Tatsopoulos was born in Rethymno, in December 1959. He
grew up in Athens. He began studying Economics and Political
Science but never completed his studies. He has worked as a
trainee social worker, screenwriter, journalist, publishing advisor
and presenter of a state television program on books entitled
Spirit of contradiction. He published the following books: The
Underaged (1980), Painkiller (1982), Animated Cartoons (1984),
The Heart of the Beast (1987), The First Appearance (1994),
Carefree Stories (1995), Comedy (1999), Pepper on the Tongue
(2000), The Stick And the Carrot (2004), The Sky on our Head
(2004), Honoris Causa (2004), Spicy Stories (2005), The Kindness
of Strangers (2006), Modern Greeks (2007), Sisyphus on the
Balcony (2009).
His book The Heart of the Beast was translated into German
by Dialogos Verlag.
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The Kindness of Strangers
∞ true story
Pages: 312
Format: 13×20
ABOUT THE BOOK
Petros Tatsopoulos, in his new novel, tells the story of an adoption that
he knows very well. He tells us the story of his own adoption. He takes
us with him for a walk in a life where nothing is as it seems and no one
can be trusted; and through this lack of stability we discover a way to
lead our lives by being open to change and learning how to rely on
the bigger picture, the anonymity of our true benefactors, the kindness
of strangers. He writes with a combination of style and emotional power
that few writers have achieved and he creates a story that is hilarious
and moving at the same time. Pure comical scenes take a sudden
dramatic turn while incidents that are supposed to touch the reader’s
sensitivity end up making him laugh out loud. In this autobiographical
story nothing is ever expected and nothing ever happens without a
reason. Like in Lucky Luck, the rails and the train advance simultaneously.
Nobody knows the final destination but in a sense there was no other way to go. The corner stone of every
successful work of art is the truth it holds and the reality it reveals. The Kindness of Strangers is a record of a
writer’s life and a beautifully narrated story of a man’s memories.
Sisyphus on the Balcony
Illustrated by Natalia Kapatsoulia
Hardback edition
Pages: 136
Format: 13x20
Ages: 10+
English translation available
Petros Tatsopoulos, our beloved writer of adult fiction, introduces us the first title for children
and young adults. Peppered with feline musings on the meaning of life, mosquitoes and
mopeds, this witty, heart-warming tale is sure to keep readers on their toes and delight both
young and old alike.
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VA S I A T Z A N A K A R I
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Vasia Tzanakari was born in 1980. She currently works as a journalist in
magazines for young people. This is her debut literary work.
Eleven Little Murders
Stories inspired by the songs of Nick Cave
Pages: 240
Format: 13×20
Excerpts in English available
ABOUT THE BOOK
What is common between a good and obedient son, a
repulsive skeleton-faced doll, a churchy village, a gentle
circus bellman, a tired whore, a paranoid scientist, a
depressed woman, a would-be lover, an insomniac
barwoman, a scared baker and the Devil himself? They
are all protagonists in the eleven murder stories that are
masterly unfolded in this book. Inspired by the rock songs
of Nick Cave, Vasia Tzanakari has given life to her creepy
heroes. Just be aware! Someone of them might be
standing near you…
From the furious Birthday Party to the passionate Bad
Seeds and the cynic Grinderman, Nick Cave has built,
according to his words, a world where extreme and at the
same time romantic things happen, a universe full of damned figures tortured by their passions under the
most thrilling rock songs ever written in the history of rock.
Vasia Tzanakari
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Publication: November 2009
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A selection of eleven crime stories written by the most
important contemporary Greek writers of the genre: Petros
Markaris, Andreas Apostolides, Neoklis Galanopoulos,
Sergios Gakas, Antonis Goltsos, Fontas Ladis, Dimitris
Mamaloukas, Petros Martinides, Anastasia Baxevani,
Marlena Politopoulou, Filippos Filippou.
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MARIOS MICHAILIDIS
Marios Michailidis was born in Nicosia. He studied in the Philosophy School of Athens
and earned a masters degree at the University of Arkansas. He has published three
poetry collections. He lives in Athens and works as a teacher in private Secondary
Education. His poetry collection Words as an alibi is also published by the Metaichmio
Publications.
The Bone-guardian
Cy pr us St at e Pr ize
Novel
Pages: 120
Format: 13×20
Excerpts in English available
ABOUT THE BOOK
The life of a bone-guardian, who aims to secure justice and tidiness in his space,
though it proves to be not so easy… A surrealistic multi-level story unfolds as a
series of awkward incidents take place: bones of famous nationalists, communists
and rebels suddenly crack, the ambivalent origin of a fresco inside the ossuary
raises national conflicts, an eparch intervenes, the hero makes an unavoidable
trip to Albania and many others proving, in a sarcastic way, the unstable
geopolitics of the Balkans.
K O S TA S L O G A R A S
Kostas Logaras was born in Patras in 1950. He studied Greek Literature. He has written
poetry and prose. Since 1997 he worked as a columnist for the newspaper Ta Nea.
Many of his works have been translated into English, French and German. The following
books were published by Metaichmio Publications as well: Patras, a city in Literature
(anthology), In the land of Nedim a smell of pine, Come whenever you want.
Their remote glance
Novel
Pages: 288
Format: 13×20
Excerpts in English available
ABOUT THE BOOK
Giannoula Sorou lives since 1964 in a remote suburb of Chicago. She comes from
a mountainous village in Peloponnesus. Just before the beginning of the Olympic
Games in Athens, she decides to return back to her homeland after forty years of
absence. It is then that she will find Greece having changed completely. During
her stay, she will pay her old debts both to dead and living people.
A story that shows the correlation between the Greek immigrants who moved to
America during 1960 and the Albanian ones who moved to Greece during 1990s.
And also a story for all those who remain foreigners in their own native land.
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POETRY
EVRIPIDIS GARANTOUDIS
Evripidis Garantoudis is an Associate Professor of the University of Athens in the Division
of Modern Greek Philology and also a literature critic.
The Greek poetry
of the 20th century
A synchronic anthology
Pages: 848
Format: 17×24
ABOUT THE BOOK
www.metaixmio.gr
A concise anthology of the Greek poetry of the 20th century bound in one volume.
The originality of this book is based on its structure: the poems are set on a
chronological basis (year of publication) constituting an overview of the Modern
Greek poetry.
DIMITRIS DIMIROULIS
Dimitris Dimiroulis (edt) is a Professor at Panteion University of Social and Political
Sciences, Department of Communication and Media, and he is teaching History and
Theory of Literature.
The works of Dionysios Solomos
Poems and Prose
First published: November 2007
Pages: 536
Format: 17×24
ABOUT THE BOOK
Dionysios Solomos is considered to be Greece’s national poet due to his important
legacy to Greek literature and his national identity. He is best known for writing the
poem Hymn to Freedom (Imnos is tin Eleftherian) in 1823, of which the first two stanzas
became the Greek national anthem.
This is a new edition of the poet’s complete works, poems and prose and even
unfinished and fragmented texts and it was published to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of his death. In this book you can also find a sufficient introduction depicting
his life and works, comments on all texts, a rich bibliography and the famous
Prolegomena by his fellow poet Iakovos Polylas. The systematic collection of his works, as derived from the manuscripts, along
with the evaluation of the previous studies, makes this book a significant editorial attempt. Dimitris Dimiroulis is a scholar who
has studied Solomos’ work and especially the vital role that this great poet played in the development of Modern Greek.
In the same series: The Odes of Andreas Kalvos
(Publication: March 2009)
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CHRONICLE
VA S S I L I S T Z A N A K A R I S
Vassilis Tzanakaris lives in Serres. He works as a journalist and for thirty four
years published the monthly magazine Giati (Why). Many of his articles, essays,
poems and interviews have been published in the press of Athens and
Thessaloniki.
In 2008 he was awarded with the State Prize for a Chronicle-Eye Witness Account
for his title Asia Minor in Tears 1919-1922.
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Asia Minor in Tears
1919-1922
Chronicle
Pages: 752
Format: 17 x 24
2008 State Prize for a Chronicle-Eye Witness Account
A luxurious illustrated edition of the Asia Minor Catastrophe, which involved the expulsion of about one
third of the Greek population from millennia old
homelands.
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In the name of refugees
From tearful Christmas of 1922 to unsovereign democracy
of 1924
Publication: November 2009
Vassilis Tzanakaris enlightens a dark page of Modern Greek history
having pored over original sources of that age. The period of reception
and integration of Asia Minor’s refugees in the Greek society is barely met
on bibliography and this makes the book truly remarkable. It is followed by
a sixteen-page photographic material.
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EDUCATIONAL
BOOKS-GUIDES
MARISA
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Marisa De Castro was born in Athens. Between 1973 and 1982 she lived in
Paris, where she studied Education and Literature for Children and
Adolescents at the Sorbonne University. Since her return to Greece she has
taught in the private sector History and Literature to primary school children,
adopting a fresh approach to the teaching of these subjects. She has written
several children’s books on History and Art and has translated children’s
fiction. Since 1998 she has written critical articles on children and adolescent
books for the daily newspapers TO VIMA and TA NEA. In 2006, Short Stories
of the Archaeological Museum (in Greek, published by Kastor) that she coauthored with Panos Valavanis won the National Book Award for Non-fiction.
The New Acropolis Museum
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Monuments and Men. A guide for Young People
First published: June 2009
Pages: 72
Format: 16×21,5
Ages: 10-12
English edition
ABOUT THE BOOK:
Museums are schools. They are actually the most appropriate
environment for the reception of History. Their doors, their gates, or their
Propylaia provide the ideal gateway for students to enter the ancient
world. This is especially true of the Acropolis and its New Museum within
which a world of magic opens up before our eyes: from the archaic
pediments to the calf-bearer, the Korae, the boy of Kritias, the blond
youth, the architectural sculptures of the Ionic temples, the Karyatids
and, above all, the singular sculptures of the Parthenon![...]
Yet, although modern exhibitions are instructive, there is always the need for a guide; a link between the past and
the present. Marisa De Castro plays this part masterfully. Based on her long experience and knowledge of the
principles of Museum Education, she takes children by the hand and guides them through the rooms of the large
museum, and with her they are never lost in the labyrinth of artworks. A master of the secret teacher recipes, she
knows where to stop and explore, which pieces require special attention and which elements need to be highlighted
in order to captivate and fascinate.
The New Acropolis Museum: Monuments and Men is an educational tool that intends to inspire teachers and students,
helping them understand and enjoy the works produced by a handful of Greeks in an important historical period: a period
in which the Greek world had the progress and ennoblement of people at its heart – just like the book itself.
Panos Valavanis
Associate Professor of Classical Archaeology, University of Athens
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Seven Walks Through Athens
Ages: 10-12
Publication of English edition: February 2010
Seven great walks followed by a map and informative material: 1. Ancient Athens
as seen by Pausanias the traveller, 2. From antiquity to Byzantium, 3. Ottomans occupy
Athens, 4. The mazy lanes of traditional Plaka, 5. The central avenues, 6. Lost in the
labyrinth of Agora and Monastiraki, 7. National Garden and Parliament.
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PARENTING
NIKOS SIDERIS
Nikos Sideris was born in Athens. He studied Medicine in the University of Athens
and completed his post-graduate studies in Paris under the faculties of Psychiatry,
Neuropsychology-Neurolinguistics and History. He owns a doctorate degree in
the field of Psychology (Panteion University of Athens) and teaches at the
Psychoanalytic School of Strasbourg (E.P.S.). He is also a member of the European
Psychoanalysis Federation (FEDEPSY). He currently works as psychiatrist and family
therapist. He has given lectures, among others, at the Medical School of University
of Thessaly, College of Athens and Deree College. Since 2003 he teaches at the
Architecture School of Athens the lesson Architecture and Psychoanalysis. He has
published researches, essays, poetry and novels.
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Children Do Not Need a
Psychologist. They Need Their
Parents!
First published: March 2009
Pages: 144
Format: 14x20,5
This book is both a scientific study and a confidential letter
to sensible parents. It is addressed to ordinary parents who,
within ordinary families, breed ordinary children. But the
adversities, the problems and the deadlocks appear
inevitably most of the times. Then the usual question comes:
Do you think my child needs a psychologist? Nikos Sideris
offers his experience to make us understand that all children
need is their parents to stand by their side and support
them. Not a psychologist!
As Confessed There
Secrets and truths from the psychoanalyst’s sofa
First published: November 2008
Pages: 160
Format: 14x20,5
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Dr. Eleni Haratsi-Giotaki is an internist-diabetologist. She studied at the Medical
School of the University of Athens. Since 1992 she has been working as a
Professor of Pathology in the Nursing Department of Epirus Technical School
along with her private practice as a doctor. She has published many essays
and articles in highly acclaimed international magazines and conventions.
A Complete Guide
to Healthy Eating!
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Recipes and diets for people
that suffer from diabetes
Based on Greek traditional Mediterranean cooking
Pages: 352
Format: 22,5×24
Excerpts in English available on request
ABOUT THE BOOK
It has been proven that Greek food and its ingredients are not only healthy and nutritious but they can also prevent
diseases. This is a practical guide for anyone who wishes to eat healthy food, who is afraid of hypoglycemia, who has
excluded their favorite meals and deserts from their nutrition, for anyone who has a history of diabetes and has to follow
special diets.
Dr. Eleni Haratsi-Giotaki, pathologist, specialized in diabetes, offers you and your family a wide range of delicious
recipes, based on the traditional Greek cuisine, for a healthy, balanced, calories-controlled diet while suggesting insulin
dosage for every portion of food and every meal.
The book is divided in three parts. In the first, there is given an overall view of the problem of diabetes and how could
healthy nutrition, based on the Mediterranean cooking, benefit patients. The second part includes recipes and diets followed
by the necessary insulin units on a weekly plan. The recipes follow a diagram of calories (1,000-2,400). The photos of the
meals and the vivid colours in the pages make reading really pleasant. In the third part someone can find the two appendixes
and the tables. Finally, the author offers us a rich bibliography, from where doctors and students may derive information.
Food Is Not to Fill Up
Series: Attitude books
First published: April 2009
Format: 22,3x22,3
Ages: 4+
Pages: 48
Excerpt in English available on request
It needs patience, love and knowledge in order to make a child eat properly
and make him care for healthy food. Parents ought to try and shield their child’s health for a lifetime. This book is
written by an experienced nutritionist and is addressed to children. It could be read out loud at home, school or
nursery school.
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Y I A N N O S K O N S TA N T I N O U
The last eleven years Yiannos Konstantinou writes about wine. He has
written articles in various magazines in Cyprus and published six books,
four of them in Greek and two in English. He has been awarded with
the Gourmand World Cookbook Award for his book The Cyprus Wine
Guide which has been considered in 2006 as the best wine guide in the
world.
Discovering Wine
First published: June 2009
Format: 21x28
Pages: 160
Excerpt in English available upon request
ABOUT THE BOOK
A remarkable guide for the art and secrets of wine
tasting. It provides us valuable information for the
varieties of grapes, the vinification procedure and
the ways of serving it, tips for the matching of wine
with meals and methods of bottling and preservation.
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Flavours from Asia Minor: More than 200
traditional recipes
Publication: October 2009
A book scented with the peppers of Asia Minor. Elika Pavlidou, an old
lady who lives in Salonica, has revealed us a heirloom manuscript with
recipes written by her mother and grandmother. The recipes for meals and
sweets are derived from Cappadocia and Smyrna. The book looks like the
old original notebook including a great number of colourful pictures.
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KYRIAKOS IOSIFIDIS
…on the road
Art Book (Graffiti)
Pages: 280
Format: 28×21
ABOUT THE BOOK
Kyriakos Iosifidis as well as a group of all the (street) artists whose work is presented in this collection have been working
on this project for years, painting, writing and even finding each other and collaborating to create the first Greek graffiti
art book.
Signs, tags, codes, symbols etc. are painted on the canvas of the streets, using stencils stickers, posters and even magic
markers. Most of us do not have time to stop and look at the world around us or to listen to what the walls are saying. But
some are here to break the harmony of our cities, to use public space and bring it back to life. These are the people that
will give us a reason to stop and think. This book is a collection not only of graffiti works or artistic interventions, it is a record
of Athens’ parallel history, the one that is being written as we speak and may be holding a wisdom and an artistic opinion
the we don’t have to study but we can start appreciating. In all major cities of the world the art of graffiti is growing
especially in areas that are considered dodgy or poor. Athens is the crossroad of Europe and its walls have something
to say to you. Will you listen?
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Greek Graffiti Scene
Publication: December 2009
A collective volume with street art works from all over Greece (while the title …on the road includes works from Athens).
Carpe Diem group, headed by Kyriakos Iosifidis, has proceeded to fine art interventions on the grey sites of the big cities
and given us exceptional pieces of murals demonstrated in this particular album.
The Carpe Diem (www.carpe-diemact.gr/home.htm) was established by a group of people who keep on trying to push art and
techniques of alternative form of culture. This group has an active presence in Greece since 1998, mainly in the art of Murals.
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authors’ list
fiction
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Ahmeti Mimoza
Aira César
Akrivos Kostas
Al-Kharrat Edward
Alevizos Aris
Amis Martin
Asbury Herbert
Attali Jacques
Aubert Brigitte
Avdikos Vaggelis
Balasubramanyam Rajeev
Baldwin James
Balzac Onoré de
Banville John
Barbéris Dominique
Barnes Julian
Baudelaire Charles
Beauvoir Simon de
Behm Marc
Benacquista Tonino
Bennett Alan
Bernard-Pouy Jean
Boileau Pierre
Bola~no Roberto
Böll Heinrich
Bonvicini Stephanie
Brookner Anita
Brouwers Jeroen
Brown Frederick
Bryson Bill
Cain James M.
Camilleri Andrea
Capote Truman
Carey Peter
Carver Raymond
Cela Camilo José
Chandernagor Françoise
Clarke Gerald
Coetzee J. M.
Colo’ n Ernie
Crick Mark
Cueto Alonso
Dahl Arne
Dalby Richard
Delteil Gérard
Dickens Emma
Dos Passos John
Dylan Bob
Duong Thu Huong
Duras Marguerite
Durrell Lawrence
Eggers Dave
Eleftheriou Manos
Ellroy James
Erikson Steven
Evaggelou Spyros
Zarraluki Pedro
Zola E‘mile
Faletti Giorgio
Faulkner William
Fermor Patrick Leigh
Flynn Gillian
Forster E.M.
Fromager Sophie
Ga‘lvez Pedro
Gailly Christian
Gateskill Mary
Gaudé Laurent
Gide André
Gidel Henry
Glaister Lesley
In the field of fiction METAICHMIO Editions
focuses on publishing outstanding titles, award winning
books by highly acclaimed authors. Such as:
Gouroyiannis Vassilis
Granado Alberto
Greene Graham
Greer Germaine
Grisham John
Gutiérrez Pedro Juan
Hachtroudi Fariba
Hammett Dashiell
Hampaté Bâ Amadou
Hawthorne Nathaniel
Hermanson Marie
Hernandez Felisberto
Highsmith Patricia
Hilu Alon
Hopkins John
Horne Richard
Hugo Victor
Huser France
Izzo Jean-Claude
Ikezawa Natsuki
Jacobson Sid
James Henry
July Serge
Kalpouzos Yiannis
Kaplan Leslie
Kapuscinski Ryszard
Kavenna Joanna
Khamisi Khaled-Al
Kingsolver Barbara
Kirino Natsuo
Kirwan Larry
Klein Daniel
Konomara Lila
Kosinski Jersy
Kourouma Ahmadou
Krajewski Marek
Lapaque Sébastien
Laporte Patricia
Lawrence D. H.
Leavitt David
Leroy Gilles
Leviant Curt
Logaras Kostas
Mak Geert
Makhmalbaf Mohsen
Malaparte Curzio
Mandelstam Nadezhda
Mandiargues André Pieyre de
Mann Thomas
Marder Brenda L.
Marzorati Jean-Louis
Marouane Le˚la
Mattioni Stelio
Maugham Somerset
Mavis Cheek
McCrery Nigel
McCullers Carson
McGinniss Joe
McGrath Patrick
Melo Patr›cia
Merrill Christopher
Michailidis Marios
Middlebrook Diane
Miggas Dimitris
Miller Henry
Miller Rebecca
Milovanoff Jean-Pierre
Montalba‘n Manuel Va‘zquez
Mun-Yol Yi
Munro Alice
Musil Robert
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Mustafaj Besnik
Nabb Magdalen
Nabokov Vladimir
Nakhjavani Bahiyyih
Narayan R. K.
Narcejac Thomas
Negri Toni
Nielsen Jerri
Nin Anais
O’ Brien Edna
O’ Doherty Brian
Oates Joyce Carol
Ognenovic Vida
Pahor Boris
Parsons Julie
Pasternak Boris
Pavese Cesare
Pincio Tommaso
Plessix Gray du Francine
Politopoulou Marlena
Rankin Ian
Raynal Patrick
Rees Celia
Rendell Ruth
Rey Pierre
Rilke Rainer Maria
Rodgers Nigel
Rowley Hazel
Russo Richard
Safranski Rüdiger
Salter James
Salvayre Lydie
Szpilman Wladyslaw
Shattuck Roger
Sidhwa Babsi
Siniac Pierre
Smyrnelis Marie-Carmen
Stainton Leslie
Stevanovic Vidosav
Stuhlmann Gunther
Sulzer Alain Claude
Suter Martin
Swann Leonie
Tatsopoulos Petros
Tzanakari Vasia
Thomas Dylan
Thompson Mel
Torgov Morley
Trapiello Andres
Trollope Joanna
Troyat Henri
Tsypkin Leonid
Tsvetayeva Marina
Tyler Anne
Ying Hong
Upadhyay Samrat
Vera Yvonne
Vine Barbara
Vistonitis Anastassis
Waters Paul
Waugh Alexander
Weissweiler Eva
White Edmund
Wiesel Elie
Wilde Oscar
Willeford Charles
Wilson Andrew
Winckler Martin
Woolf Virginia
Xanthoulis Yiannis
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humanities and sciences
www.metaixmio.gr
METAICHMIO Editions publishes breakthrough titles in the field of Humanities
and Sciences by leading scientists and
thinkers. The main subject areas that
these titles cover are:
Education Studies
Science, Technology and Society
Linguistics
Communication and Technology
Politics – Communication Studies
Philosophy – Sociology
Questiones: Issues in Dialectics
Editions of Anthropological Critique
History
History in Education
Adult Education
Literary Theory and Criticism
Translation Studies
Altrichter Herbert
Apple Michael W.
Arnot Madeleine
Auroux Sylvain
Bacon Francis
Baker Mona
Bakker Egbert J.
Barbier Frédéric
Barton Keith C.
Baynham Mike
Bauman Zygmunt
Bell Judith
Bell Julian
Berger John
Berman Antoine
Bishara Azmi
Bjornberg Dennis
Blackledge David
Bolter Jay David
Bonniol David
Bonniol Jean-Jacques
Bourdieu Pierre
Bouvier Pierre
Brisson Luc
Brown Sally
Bryson Valerie
Burke Peter
Calame Claude
Canfora Luciano
Cardwell Donald
Carlier Pierre
Cavallo Guglielmo
Chamboredon JeanClaude
Charlot Bernard
Chartier Roger
Chekhov Michael
Chomsky Noam
Cockburn Cynthia
Cohen Louis
Compagnon Antoine
Cope Bill
Courau Sophie
Cuddon J. A.
Culler Jonathan
Dahl Robert A.
Danto Arthur C.
De Jong Irene J.F.
Derrida Jacques
Desrosières Alain
Detienne Marcel
Dimiroulis Dimitris
Dolto Françoise
Dombey Henrietta
Eagleton Terry
Earlam Carolyn
Egan-Robertson Ann
Elias Norbert
Evans Mary
Ferro Marc
Festa Edigio
Fischer Lorenzo
Foster John Bellamy
Foulin Jean-Noël
Freire Paulo
Freud Sigmund
Gaarder Jostein
Ganziga Johanna
Garantoudis Evripidis
Geuss Raymond
Giddens Anthony
Giddens Anthony
Granoff Wladimir
Gray John
Gribbin John
Guyomard Patrick
Hall Linda
Halliday M. A. K.
Haratsi-Giotaki Eleni
Harvey David
Haynes Joanna
Helm Judy Harris
Hix Simon
Hodapp Robert M.
Hofstetter Rita
Hollins Etta R.
Holub Robert C.
Hopkinson Neil
Houssaye Jean
Hunt Barry
Hunt Peter
Husbands Chris
Illeris Knud
Jacobsen Lars
Jaques David
Jarvis Peter
Jeammet Philippe
Jefferson Ann
Jerlebrink Anders
Kalantzis Mary
Kamen Henry
Katz Lilian
Keegan Desmond
Klein Melanie
Kress Gunther
Ladmiral Jean-Rene
Lallement Michel
Lansdale Bruce M.
Layton David
Lefkowitz Mary
Lévêque Pierre
Levstik Linda S.
Loraux Nicole
Lyons John
Luhmann Niklas
Manion Lawrence
Manoni Maud
Manuel C.
Marder Brenda L.
Marples Roger
Martin J. R.
Maruani Margaret
Maurach Gregor
McBeath John
McLeod John
McMahon April M. S.
Mezirow Jack
Mercer Neil
Mertens Donna
Meuret Denis
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Mialaret Gaston
Miell Dorothy
Molles Manuel C. Jr.
Moniot Henri
More Thomas
Morrison Keith
Mossé Claude
Mouchon Serge
Mounin Georges
Muchembled Robert
Muncie John
Munday Jeremy
Nathan Robert
Neave Guy
Neville Henry
Northedge Andrew
Noyé Didier
Nouschi André
Ortega y Gasset José
Passeron Jean-Claude
Perrier François
Peyrot Jean
Piault Marc Henri
Pinel Vincent
Piveteau Jacques
Plumb J. H.
Posch Peter
Potter Johathan
Prensky Mark
Race Phil
Rawls John
Robey David
Rogers Alan
Rosamond Ben
Rosanvallon Pierre
Roudinesco Elisabeth
Said Edward
Sapsford Roger
Sassen Saskia
Schneuwly Bernard
Schratz Michael
Schunk Dale
Sebba Judy
Sennett Richard
Shor Ira
Sideris Nikos
Slavin Robert E.
Smyrnellis Marie-Carmen
Somekh Bridget
Sommerstein Alan H.
Sorlin Pierre
Spencer Margaret Meek
Stavridi-Patrikiou Rena
Stevens Richard
Still Arthur
Strachey James
Tzanakaris Vassilis
Toivonen Kia
Van Wees Hans
Vernant Jean-Pierre
Vial Michael
Virilio Paul
Wetherell Margaret
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In the field of Children’s fiction METAICHMIO Editions aims at publishing books that combine educational value and quality
entertainment. These books are characterized by their sensitive approach to childhood. Books by authors and illustrators
such as:
Agassi Martine
Drac Romain
Moravia Alberto
Albaut Corinne
Durande Delphine
Moroney Trace
Alméras Arnaud
Earley Tony
Moroney Trace
Altan Francesco
Foreman Michael
Morpurgo Michael
Andersen Hans Christian
Apostolides Tassos
Gard Marie
Moss Miriam
Girerd Jacques Rémy
Narayan R. K.
Armitage Ronda
Goff le Hervé
Neil O’Rikky
Bacharan Nicole
Graham Ian
Niehaus Alisha
Barnes Emma
Grand le Claire
Osborne Mary Pope
Barthe Valerie
Greban Quentin
Palayer Caroline
Battut e’ric
Green Patrick
Parr Todd
Beardshaw Rosalind
Guarnaccia Steven
Payet Jean-Michel
Beeler Selby
Gudule
Pauchon Christine
Bellamy David
Gutman Anne
Pawlak Pawel
BellamyDavid
Haining Peter
Pertuzé Jean-Claude
Bernadette
Hallensleben Georg
Peyrols Sylvaine
Bertrand Philippe
Hecker Alan
Picq Pascal
Besnier Yves
Héron Jean-Olivier
Pillot Frédéric
Blutch
Hoestlandt Jo
Piquemal Michel
Boisteau Manu
Botsos Giorgos
Holland Elizabeth
Howarth Ian
Plath Sylvia
Psarafti Litsa
Howitt Carolyn
Ribeiro Cathy
Jenkins Martin
Rinaldi Cristina
Kaergel Julia
Rix Jamie
Karas Brian
Rodari Gianni
Kaye Stacey
Rose Maddy
Kindl Patrice
Ross Tony
Rossi-Zairi Rena
Rousaki Maria
Boy Armelle
Boucher Michel
Boulotis Christos
Branford Henrietta
Brasseur Philippe
Brown Marc
Brunelet Madeleine
Bücker Jutta
Burnett Alex
Burton Terry
Cantin Amélie
Cantin Marc
Cantone Anna Laura
Cast P.C. & Cast Kristin
Kitamura Satoshi
Langley Andrew
Langlois Florence
Lapointe Claude
Lasky Kathreen
Layton Nil
Laurencin Geneviève
Sellier Marie
Simonnet Dominique
Solotareff Grégoire
Sterry Paul
Stohner Anu
Le Thanh Taï-Marc
Tarride Michel
Tatsopoulos Petros
Lechermeier Philippe
Theulet-Luzie
Lechermeier Philippe
Thierry Muriel
Leibrandt Sophie
Tournier Michel
Lewis Carol
Troyat Henri
Lisak Frédéric
Truong Marcelino
Looise Cooper
Mallard Marie
Yancey Rick
Va’zquez
Varela Aggeliki
Mamou Jacky
Verdick Elizabeth
Martin Paul
Virginie Lou
Martin Ruth
Viscogliosi Fabio
Deangeli Dominique
Mayflower Lucy
Vivarelli Anna
Delerm Martine
Mayflower Lucy
Wells Rosemary
Delerm Philippe
McNaughton Colin
Merika Lena
Westerfeld Scott
Molina Christine
Wilde Oscar
Moncomble Gérard
Montalba’n Manuel
Wilson Hannah
Clément Jérôme
Cleyet-Merle Laurence
Coirault Christine
Coleman Michael
Collins Ross
Cooper Helen
Costa Nicoletta
Dargent Nathalie
Dautremer Rebecca
Davaine Philippe
David François
De Castro Marisa
Dewan Ted
Dickens Charles
Dimokidis Aris
Dörrie Doris
Luciani Domenica
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