Apostolos Doxiadis

Books in Greek

Parallel Life

The novella Parallel Life (1985) is set in the early Christian world. It is a tale of desperate passion: when a young Greek, Melanippos, discovers his wife cheating on him, he leaves home to become a hermit in the Egyptian desert. There are two threads in the story, one following his arduous struggle, the other his errant wife, Hyacinthe, who …continue reading…


Makavettas

Makavettas (1988) is a retelling of the Macbeth story, set in the world of the Greek Junta, 1967-1974. In a tongue-in-cheek crisp style reminiscent of Byzantine chronicles, it tells the story of the transformation of brilliant and virtuous Colonel Makavettas into a power-crazed tyrant. The Shakespearean legend lends an archetypal resonance to this modern tragic-comic parable which becomes especially relevant …continue reading…