In a mouldering and crumbling Athens, Argyris Trikorfos, former owner of a flourishing family business manufacturing buttons, is struggling to pull through by working as a taxi driver. But his real problems start on the day he finds in his vehicle a lost purse full of money. Trying to do the right thing, he is drawn into a personal adventure which brings him up against everyone and everything: his family, his friends and colleagues, the Police and the Media.
Tzamiotis offers a wandering through the streets of today's Athens; a novel about personal responsibility, compassion and generosity; a scathing commentary on the modern way of life. It is a detailed description of both the inner and the outer world, unfolding before the reader's eyes both places and characters in a way uncommon to the literature of today, akin to the method of a landscape painter or a particularly analytical director. The result is an elaborate portrait of humanity in times of crisis, an understanding look into human consciousness when everything around falls apart, and the possibility of redemption through empathy.
English and Italian extracts available
kastaniotis, 2013, 420 p
