Adult’s Fiction Rights Guide Fall 2021

- 8 - - F I C T I O N - Brothers Giorgos Sybardis Growing up in the ’50s and ’60s, two brothers will follow very different paths towards maturity. Two boys united by blood, feud and an undeclared war between them. Focusing on a different kind of civil war in post-war Greece, this is a unique coming of age novel, that delves deep into an era and a social class that are seldom analyzed like this in modern literature. Giorgos Sybardis was born in 1945. He studied Law and Film Directing at Athens and London. His debut in fiction came in 1987 with his critically acclaimed novella Medium . In 2013 he was awarded the C. P. Cavafy International Award for Literature. Katerina Malakate, born in 1978, is a pharmacist. Since 2009 she runs the book blog diavazontas.blogspot.com , and she is the co-owner of the book café Booktalks. This is her third novel. Notable works: A Pledge of Marriage (2011) • 2012 State Novel Award, 2012 Kostas and Eleni Ourani Foundation Award by the Academy of Athens, 2011 Klepsidra Magazine Literary Award Older women (2015) • 2019 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award Faceless Katerina Malakate During a fight with his mother, 23-year-old Dionysis accidentally shoots himself. Half his face is damaged. Without a nose, mouth, cheeks, he has trouble eating and speaking, and he survives in the shadow of his parents. For a long time he lives on social media, until a doctor proposes a treatment: face transplant. Can a stranger’s face give you back your life? A unique novel that talks about bioethics, love, family, and relationships in the digital age. Pages 312 October 2018 Pages 328 October 2020