The Parthenon Bomber
A Novella
by Christos Chrissopoulos
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Pub Date Jun 20 2017 | Archive Date Jun 20 2017
Description
“Blow up the Acropolis” was the 1944 call to action by the surrealist circle the Harbingers of Chaos. Sixty years later, a young man obliges. The Parthenon has been destroyed, the city orphaned. Is it still Athens?
All eyes are on the empty hill, now smoky and ashen. Cries of distress, indifference, and fanaticism fill the air. What were his reasons? How will he be punished for this unspeakable act of violence? What does it mean for Greece, now deprived of its greatest symbol?
This provocative tale reveals the unique dilemma of a country still searching for an identity beyond its past as the birthplace of Western civilization.
Advance Praise
“Inventive and disquieting, The Parthenon Bomber examines what defines us, what we take for granted, and what we assume to be lasting and true—and the unsettling way it might vanish in seconds. Chrissopoulos brings us to the darker corners of Athens—and every living, breathing city—to imagine a new, evocative reality where fact and fiction become terrifyingly blurred. This incisive, intelligent book hums with tension.” —Natalie Bakopoulos, author of The Green Shore and contributing editor at Fiction Writers Review
“In these concise pages with the weight of a case file, Christos Chrissopoulos explores the tragic fate of a self-proclaimed iconoclast attempting to articulate our fragility.” —L’Humanité
“This little literary gem questions the influence that historical monuments hold over the people.” —La Cause Littéraire
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781590518366 |
| PRICE | $17.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 96 |
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