An exciting selection of stories from across the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries that evoke the vibrancy of Athens

Draws together a selection of genres and literary styles, conjuring the wonders of the modern city in ornate prose—from the sketchy vignette, so beloved of Athenian writers, to experimental modern and postmodern stories, to crime fiction

Introduces the English-speaking public to some of Greece's most compelling literary voices of the last one hundred and fifty years, most of whom have never been translated before