American Fugue: A Novel by Alexis Stamatis

By Alexis Stamatis

Alexis Stamatis has been hailed as "one of the most gifted writers of his generation" (Fran oise Noiville, Le Monde) in both Greece and Europe. His work has not yet been published in America and thus has been mostly inacces sible to US readers. Amerikaniki Fouga (American Fugue), published in 2006, is Alexis Stamatis' most recent work.

This novel continues to examine the basic themes that are persistent in all of Stamatis' works of fiction: an all-consuming past, the flight to escape one's personal demons, and, most importantly, the search for personal identity that is ultimately revealed only through what is unknown to the self. The treatment of these themes is also characteristic of the author's other novels--travel narrative on the surface, mystery or thriller with an existential dimension at another level, but ultimately a quest for self-discovery and personal redemption. American Fugue is one of the first books supported by the National Endowment for the Arts International Literature Awards program.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0979745020
• ISBN13: 9780979745027
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Etruscan Press
• Length: 390 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 18 years and up

Customer Reviews

Literary Novel, Thriller, Road Trip across America--Has It All

American Fugue's author Alexis Stamatis confounds the genres as he writes an innovative literary novel that combines with a thriller and a road trip book. The Greek author has an amazingly accurate finger on the pulse of America, and includes literary and cinematic and music references that nail pop culture as well as high-class culture. Beautifully written and a gripping story. Loved it.

American Fugue

As in some of his other books, Stamatis powerfully describes a man in search of his own identity. The American Fugue story takes twists and turns at the time of the 2004 presidential elections, with at times, improbable situations, but the pace keeps the reader involved and anxious to find out how it all will end.