Asphyxia: The Story of a Life Scripted in (Parentheses)

By Thomas Tomazo Pagonis

Asphyxia
The Story of a Life Scripted in Parentheses
By Tomazo Pagonis

A poetic novel of breath, guilt, and cinematic memory-where the narrator becomes the character, and the author becomes the accused.

Nefeli lives between brackets. Her life unfolds like a film-projected on a screen at the back of her mind, narrated by a voice she did not choose, and directed by a poet she may have imagined.

In a world where reality is rewritten by memory, and memory reshaped by guilt, Asphyxia follows a young woman caught in the paradox of observation and participation. Surrounded by an eccentric circle of friends-a suffocating Hippolytus, a hygienically loveless Phaedra, a disarmingly innocent Aphrodite, and a painfully well-connected Alexandros-she drifts between voices, images, and philosophical confessionals.

And always in the background: X. The elusive poet. The guest star. The ghost who writes her lines.

Told through fragmentary scenes, poetic reflections, and metafictional asides, this novel explores:
- the tyranny of authorship and the fragility of identity
- breath as both biological and symbolic survival
- the haunting role of guilt in shaping who we become

Translated from the Greek by Marilu Pagoni, Asphyxia is a lyrical and haunting journey through a life that may never have belonged to its protagonist.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F8QFC3XT
• ISBN13: 9798283902043
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"