Love for Joyce
since time immemorial…
since time immemorial…
"The novelist Aris Maragkopoulos has contributed greatly to the understanding of Joyce's work" (in Greece).
«The reception of James Joyce in Europe», ed.: Geert Lernout & Wim Van Mierlo,
Continuum 2004, t. I, Ch. 28, p. 455, 466, 467-68 and passim.
«The reception of James Joyce in Europe», ed.: Geert Lernout & Wim Van Mierlo,
Continuum 2004, t. I, Ch. 28, p. 455, 466, 467-68 and passim.
Paul et Laura, tableau d’après nature
A "French" novel by A.M. / Un roman "Français" par A.M.
(1st greek edition: November 2016, Topos books)
(1st greek edition: November 2016, Topos books)
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The interesting thing about this novel -which all critics underline- is that it brings together the utopian dreams of socialist activists like Paul Lafargue, dreams which revolutionised the society of the second half of the 19th century, with the radical new approach of artists like Édouard Manet whose original work revolutionised in its turn the culture and art of the same period.
En juxtaposant d'une manière ingénieuse la lecture politique à la lecture artistique du monde (Le Droit à la Paresse au Déjeuner sur l'Herbe;
Rimbaud et Louise Michel à Hugo; Flaubert, George Sand ou Zola à Louise Colet, etc.), l'écrivain met en évidence l'importance des révolutions spirituelles par rapport à celles en politique. |
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Fllst, fllsst, flllssst
A novel (1st ed. June 2020, Topos books)
Special prize for literature of the literary magazine Anagnostis
("Nikos Themelis award", June 2021).
("Nikos Themelis award", June 2021).
The novel is an attempt to portray the reactions of people who experienced the humanitarian crisis in contemporary Greece not just as a financial disaster, but, and this is equally important, as an ethical and even as a cultural threat to their lives.
Fllst, fllsst, flllssst explores the limits of tolerance of a raped society – a society unprepared to fight not only against the economic sanctions suddenly put on it, but most importantly against the false credos permeating for decades, since WWII, its whole existence.
Fllsst, fllsst, flllsst is definitely a novel for the child soul of the elderly people.
Fllsst, fllsst, flllsst is, finally, a novel about the deadly charm of the sea.
The unusual title refers to the incessant plashing of water at the edge of the sea. In the book this onomatopoeia emphasises, reveals or simply accompanies every small or big turn in the lives of the main heroes. It is a constant reminder of Time, of the eternity of things, of the continuity of life against all odds.
Fllst, fllsst, flllssst explores the limits of tolerance of a raped society – a society unprepared to fight not only against the economic sanctions suddenly put on it, but most importantly against the false credos permeating for decades, since WWII, its whole existence.
Fllsst, fllsst, flllsst is definitely a novel for the child soul of the elderly people.
Fllsst, fllsst, flllsst is, finally, a novel about the deadly charm of the sea.
The unusual title refers to the incessant plashing of water at the edge of the sea. In the book this onomatopoeia emphasises, reveals or simply accompanies every small or big turn in the lives of the main heroes. It is a constant reminder of Time, of the eternity of things, of the continuity of life against all odds.
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* This is the English site of Aris Maragkopoulos'
"Biographia Literaria in Progress". For a Greek version of it click at the picture to the right. |
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