Καρμπόν

Aris Kontos, a timid, introverted anti-hero, is suddenly endowed with extremely sharp hearing, a rare gift that lets him pick up sounds from neighbouring flats and the noise of the city. At first he is bothered by the din, but the echoes from the penthouse lure him in, and he becomes addicted to eavesdropping on and imitating the daily life of the painter Filippos Rodopoulos. Setting sound traps and spreading listening devices, he sets out to fulfil a secret dream: to reach the heights of Art. Between drama and comedy, the novel is about escaping everyday mediocrity, personal identity, and the relation between original and copy.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

248 pages in the original

Genres

Satire (assigned by AI)

Set in

Greece

First published

2017 by Κίχλη

ISBN

9786185004613 (original)