About the book —In this heart-rending novella-chronicle, Costas Montis gives a poignant portrayal of the EOKA (Greek for National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) struggle to achieve independence for Cyprus from the British in the years 1955-59. more...
Afentis Batistas by Costas Montis —
February 2008
About the book —A novel with autobiographical and historical elements. Costas Montis interweaves his grandmother's stories about her strange ancestor, afentis Batistas, with his own traumatic memories and experiences, portraying at the same time two interesting historical periods. more...
Nautilus
by Antis Korfiotis —
January 2008
About the book —
Just as the waves of the sea push a nautilus, the waves of life throw a young boy, barely three years old, into the family of his grandfather and grandmother in Limassol. In there the aunts and uncles, with great love and tolerance, will become mothers and fathers to the young boy. The Komesariato is a whole new world full of secrets, surprises, adventures. more...
Tea Leaves and Dreams
by Bess Makris Stamatakos —
August 2007
About the book —
The love story of a Greek peasant girl, Eleni, and a Turkish lad, Veli, a Janissary in the service of the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.Caught in the middle of the Greek Revolution against the Ottoman Empire in 1821, the couple’s fate is inexorably interwoven with its vicious battles, its fluctuating politics, and its evil intrigues. more...
Afentis Batistas by Costas Montis —
January 2006
About the book —A novel with autobiographical and historical elements. Costas Montis interweaves his grandmother's stories about her strange ancestor, afentis Batistas, with his own traumatic memories and experiences, portraying at the same time two interesting historical periods. more...
