The Night the Stars Went Out
National Award for Adolescence Literary Book 2019
by VASSILIS PAPATHEODOROU
Description
On the night of January 20th, Lena Manies, a twelfth-grade high school student, disappears. No one knows why, no one suspected anything, Lena gave no indication that something was wrong. During the following days, her disappearance will act as a catalyst for the relationships between her relatives, her friends and her acquaintances, as they all begin to wonder about their own role in Lena’s disappearance, but above all about the role of others. Nine people, nine narrators try to justify, to conceal, to blame. And as time passes, their relationships are put to the test and either adapt or collapse.
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Author Biography
Vassilis Papatheodorou was born in Athens in 1967. He attended the German School of Athens and went on to study Metallurgy and Chemical Engineering. He has won the State Children’s Literature Prize on three occasions (2008, 2010, 2019) for Breath on the window pane,Full Blast and The night the stars went out respectively, being nominated for this award for five more times. He has won a further nineteen literary prizes and distinctions for his work. Four of his books have been published in Turkey by KelimeYayinlari. He gives Creative Writing lessons and is also member of the Hellenic Author’s Society and PEN Greece.
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- Publisher Kastaniotis Editions
- Orginal LanguageGreek
- ISBN/Identifier 9789600364644
- Publication Country or regionGreece
- FormatPaperback
- Pages240
- ReadershipTeenage/Young Adult
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2018
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