Swell

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The moment of reckoning has come for Captain Mitsos Avgustis. After 12 years at sea, it's time to go home to the island on which he was born: home to his wife Flora, his two daughters, his son, a granddaughter and Litsa, his lover from years ago. It will take all his courage and strength to face the squalls and storms on land after a lifetime at sea. Swell is a sweeping saga about love and hope set in modern-day Greece and is Karystiani's most moving and gripping novel yet.

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Karystiani movingly pays homage to the sea and those who live from it. "La Repubblica" This book, which envelops the reader in an atmosphere that is profoundly Hellenic, was born from sea stories born on the islands of Andros, Tinos, Cephalonia, and Corfu; Karystiani has re-elaborated them in a style that is limpid, lyrical, and richly suggestive. "Il sole 24 ore"

Author Bio

Ioanna Karystiani was born on the island of Crete, Greece, in the town of Chania and now lives in Athens. Her literary debut came with the collection of short stories,I kyria Kataki(Ms. Kataki). She has since written three novels, all of which have been translated into several languages. She wrote the screenplay forThe Brides, directed by Pandelis Vulgaris and produced by Martin Scorsese, andEstrella mi vida, directed by Costa Gavras. She received the Greek state prize for literature and the Athenian Academy prize for her first novel, and the Diavaso literature prize for her second. Konstantine Matsoukas was born in 1959 in Athens, Greece. His most recent book, For Four Hands, which he co-wrote with poet Maria Topali, was published in fall 2009. He lives and works in Athens as a translator, freelance writer and literary critic.