Against Type
Lambros Arnis, a man approaching eighty, decides to withdraw to a small town after a long and distinguished career in theatre criticism. He feels that both his age and the changing perceptions of art have pushed him to the margins. Andrina Lemoni, Arnis's partner for the past ten years, nearly forty years his junior, is a well-known actress whose successful career owes much to his presence in her life. Sibelle Oman, a French-Algerian ceramic artist and the owner of an unconventional seaside bar on a remote beach in Crete, was once Arnis's lover. Pascal Oman, Sibelle's forty-year-old son, is an internationally acclaimed photographer with a quiet, inward charm—a man in search of ways to tame the force of desire. Four characters, each with a deeply rooted past, whose current relationships are shaped by the preparation for a staging of Racine's Phèdre. A contemplative and psychological novel about aging, love, and the complexities of parent-child relationships.
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Against Type
Lambros Arnis, a man approaching eighty, decides to withdraw to a small town after a long and distinguished career in theatre criticism. He feels that both his age and the changing perceptions of art have pushed him to the margins. Andrina Lemoni, Arnis's partner for the past ten years, nearly forty years his junior, is a well-known actress whose successful career owes much to his presence in her life. Sibelle Oman, a French-Algerian ceramic artist and the owner of an unconventional seaside bar on a remote beach in Crete, was once Arnis's lover. Pascal Oman, Sibelle's forty-year-old son, is an internationally acclaimed photographer with a quiet, inward charm—a man in search of ways to tame the force of desire. Four characters, each with a deeply rooted past, whose current relationships are shaped by the preparation for a staging of Racine's Phèdre. A contemplative and psychological novel about aging, love, and the complexities of parent-child relationships.
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Against Type

Against Type

by Manos Kontoleon
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by Manos Kontoleon

Overview

Lambros Arnis, a man approaching eighty, decides to withdraw to a small town after a long and distinguished career in theatre criticism. He feels that both his age and the changing perceptions of art have pushed him to the margins. Andrina Lemoni, Arnis's partner for the past ten years, nearly forty years his junior, is a well-known actress whose successful career owes much to his presence in her life. Sibelle Oman, a French-Algerian ceramic artist and the owner of an unconventional seaside bar on a remote beach in Crete, was once Arnis's lover. Pascal Oman, Sibelle's forty-year-old son, is an internationally acclaimed photographer with a quiet, inward charm—a man in search of ways to tame the force of desire. Four characters, each with a deeply rooted past, whose current relationships are shaped by the preparation for a staging of Racine's Phèdre. A contemplative and psychological novel about aging, love, and the complexities of parent-child relationships.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9786180714135
Publisher: S. Patakis
Publication date: 07/02/2025
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 272
File size: 630 KB
Language: Greek, Modern (1453- )

About the Author

Ο Μάνος Κοντολέων γεννήθηκε στην Αθήνα το 1946. Σπούδασε Φυσική στο Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών. Η πρώτη του εμφάνιση στα γράμματα έγινε το 1969 σε μια ανθολογία νέων Ελλήνων λογοτεχνών. Δέκα χρόνια μετά εκδίδονται τα πρώτα του βιβλία, που είναι παραμύθια. Μέχρι σήμερα έχουν κυκλοφορήσει πάνω από εβδομήντα βιβλία του, που απευθύνονται σε παιδιά και νέους αλλά και σε ενήλικες αναγνώστες. Ασχολείται με όλα τα είδη του γραπτού λόγου: μυθιστόρημα, νουβέλα, διήγημα, παραμύθι, θέατρο, δοκίμιο. Παράλληλα ασχολείται με την κριτική της λογοτεχνίας. Συνεργάτης περιοδικών, εφημερίδων καθώς και του ραδιοφώνου και της τηλεόρασης. Έργα του έχουν μεταφραστεί και κυκλοφορούν στη Γαλλία, στη Γερμανία, στην Ιταλία, στις ΗΠΑ, στην Κολομβία και στην Ταϊλάνδη. Επίσης, έργα του έχουν διασκευαστεί για το θέατρο και την τηλεόραση. Έχει τιμηθεί τρεις φορές με το Κρατικό Βραβείο, για το εφηβικό μυθιστόρημα Μάσκα στο φεγγάρι (Εκδ. Πατάκη, 1997, Κρατικό Βραβείο λογοτεχνίας για παιδιά και για νέους), για τα παραμύθια με πολύχρωμη εικονογράφηση Πολύτιμα δώρα (Εκδ. Πατάκη, 2009, Κρατικό Βραβείο παιδικής λογοτεχνίας) και για το εφηβικό μυθιστόρημα Η μάσκα του Καπιτάνο (Εκδ. Πατάκη, 2022, Κρατικό Βραβείο λογοτεχνίας για παιδιά και για νέους), όπως και με πολλά άλλα βραβεία και διακρίσεις. Υπήρξε υποψήφιος για τα Διεθνή Βραβεία Άντερσεν και ALMA, ενώ έργα του έχουν τιμηθεί από την Εταιρεία Ελλήνων Λογοτεχνών και διακριθεί από το Ελληνικό Τμήμα της ΙΒΒΥ, όπως και από το αντίστοιχο των ΗΠΑ. www.kontoleon.gr www.manoskontoleon2.blogspot.gr
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