Fiction & Non Fiction Rights Guide Fall 2022

- 6 - October 2022 - F I C T I O N - Andromache A saint and a sinner both A man grows up, lives and dies without never knowing who was his father: Georgios Karaiskakis. Another man will spend his whole life loving the wrong man as his father. Their paths will cross amid the fights and sacrifices of the 1821 Greek revolution. They are joined by their fight for independence, but also something deeper, that one of them ignores and the other hides purposefully. And a burning question: Are you born a hero or do you become one? A name meaning fighter of men, or fighting like men. Andromache, Hector’s wife, is aptly named. After Achilles killed her husband, Neoptolemus killed her son by throwing him from the city walls and then took her back to Greece as a concubine, where she later gave birth to two of his sons. After Neoptolemus’ death, she married Helenus, Hector’s brother, and became Queen of Epirus. A life defined by men, good and bad alike. This is the tragic story of a woman, wife and queen, who stood on the ashes of Troy and found herself having to love what she should wholeheartedly despise. Kostas Akrivos was born in 1958. He worked as a teacher in secondary education. A highly acclaimed author, he has published novels, short stories and anthologies. His works have been translated into Italian, Dutch, Polish and German. Notable works: Pandemonium (2007) • Shortlisted for the 2008 National Book Centre Readers’ Award | Translated into Polish, Italian and German Remember Alfons? (2010) • Shortlisted for the 2010 National Book Centre Readers’ Award, and the 2011 Diavazo Magazine literary Award | Translated into German Pages 256 March 2021 Rights sold Albania BEST SELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 Anagnostis Magazine Literary Award