

He has no close relationships with anyone and spends his days hunched over books or in a drunken stupor.

George has come to Athens to learn ancient languages after growing up in New England boarding schools and Ivy League colleges. A gifted artist, she seeks solace and inspiration in the Mediterranean heat of Athens – trying to understand who she is and how she can love without fear. Simon Van Booy, winner of the prestigious Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award, brings his gift for poetic dialogue and sumptuous imagery to thisdebut novel of longing and discovery amidst the ruins of Ancient Greece.
