Fiction & Non Fiction Rights Guide Fall 2022

- 4 - The Quest, The Reversal,The Gleam Nikos Themelis The Quest, The Reversal, and The Gleam constitute an amazing panorama of the Balkans at the tail-end of one century and the first years of the next, from 19th century Asia Minor, to pre-Revolution Russia and the aftermath, through war-stricken Greece. This trilogy has sold more than 700.000 copies and is undoubtedly one the greatest bestsellers in modern Greek literature. 2001 Greek State Literature Prize | 2001 Diavazo Magazine Literary Award (for “The Reversal”) This edition gathers for the first time in one volume Nikos Themelis’ Trilogy . It also includes a note from the author on his influences and critical notes on Themelis’ work. Nikos Themelis (1947-2011) was a prominent, award-winning novelist and political adviser. He studied Law at the University of Thessaloniki and then in Germany where he did his Ph.D. He worked at the Agricultural Bank, the Ministry of Finance, and the Legal Service of the Council of Ministers in Brussels and was an associate of former Greek Prime Minister Kostas Simitis. His first novel was published in 1998 . The Quest , the first part of the Trilogy, has been translated into Turkish, Italian and German. Pages 1392 February 2018 Rights sold: Italy OVER 700.000 COPIES - F I C T I O N - Notable works: Other people’s truths (2008, 2022) | Rights sold: Romania Symphony of dreams (2011, 2021) The departure (2014)