- Paperback: 220 pages
- Publisher: Cormorant Books Inc. (Feb 16 2006)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1896951929
- ISBN-13: 978-1896951928
- Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.7 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 236 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,379,527 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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How far would you go to make amends? Lukas, a successful Montreal restaurateur, is haunted by the memory of his first love, Zephira. He wants to ask her to forgive him for abandoning her back in Greece forty years ago. But the girl has died. When Lukas recalls that for the ancient Greeks, the sleeper's mind was the bridge where the living and the dead met at night, he embarks on a fantastic journey through an underworld populated by ghosts from his present and past, including his dead parents, his boyhood friend Aris his gradeschool arch-enemy Nestor, as well as cameos from Marilyn Monroe, and the Goddess Artemis.
About the Author
Pan Bouyoucas is a Greek-Canadian writer, playwright, and translator. He has a BFA from Concordia University. Two of his works have been shortlisted for the Governor General’s Award: L’Autre in 2001 and Thésée et le Minotaure in 2003. His book The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea has been translated into French, Russian, and Serbian.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Mythspotting,
By Serendipity (Toronto) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Man Who Wanted to Drink Up the Sea (Paperback)
There are similarities here to Homer's Odyssey and even Alice's adventures. It's a mix of myth and superstition, and very fast paced. The writing flows smoothly and with humour, and you get carried along in Lukas' wake, with no more clue about what's going to happen next than he himself. I think the fun for some people in reading this book would be to spot the myth, yet it's still very original. It's also a quick read, set as it is in the space of a single night as Lukas slips into a coma, and nothing is stretched out or filled in, there's no lengthy, overly-descriptive paragraphs or flowery writing. It was a thoroughly enjoyable read that still lingers in my mind.
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