Νίκος Α. Μάντης
Born 1976 · Greece
Greek State Prize 2023 · Shortlist
Kithaironas
Nikos Mantis · 46 when first published
Novel · 464 pages · Speculative
AI-generated summary:The women of Thebes vanish one after another, struck by a new illness called 'maenadism', and when Ioli, a former slave married to a soldier, feels the first symptoms she begins to fear the beast within her.
Greek State Prize 2018 · Shortlist
Oi tyfloi
Title translated by AI:“The Blind”
Nikos Mantis · 41 when first published
Novel · 608 pages · Politics, Speculative
AI-generated summary:In summer 2011 Isidoros searches the troubled streets of Athens for Sofia; in 1972 a young telepathic evzone is to star in the junta's celebrations; in 1985 Nate investigates his father's sudden death in the Cyclades.
Greek State Prize 2014 · Shortlist
Agria Akropoli
Title translated by AI:“Wild Acropolis”
Nikos Mantis · 37 when first published
Novel · 222 pages · Speculative, Politics
AI-generated summary:In 2159 the world is ruled by intelligence: resurrected Neanderthals form the lowest caste, and Mano, a young Neanderthal in New Athens, is offered one chance to change his life by a man plotting to overthrow the system.