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Alexis Stamatis (Greek: Αλέξης Σταμάτης) is a Greek novelist.
He studied Architecture at the National Technical University of Athens and earned postgraduate degrees in Architecture and Cinematography in London.
He has published nine novels, several of which have been translated and published in Europe and the USA.
Alexis Stamatis has also published six books of poetry. His second collection, The Architecture of Interior Spaces, was awarded the Nikiforos Vrettakos Prize in 1994. Τwo collections of his poems have been translated in Great Britain.
In 2004 he participated in the renowned International Writing Program of the University of Iowa courtesy of a Fulbright Artists & Art-Scholars Award. In 2007 Etruscan Press won the U.S. National Endo ...more

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	Bar Flaubert by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), David Connolly (Primary Contributor) 3.96 avg rating — 487 ratings — published 2000 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Βίλα Κομπρέ by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.39 avg rating — 183 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Μητέρα Στάχτη by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.42 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Οδός Θησέως by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.26 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ο έβδομος ελέφαντας by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.13 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	American Fugue by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Diane Thiel (Translator), Constantine Hadjilambrinos (Translator) 3.45 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Σκότωσε ό,τι αγαπάς by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.11 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Χαμαιλέοντες by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.66 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Το βιβλίο της βροχής by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.73 avg rating — 51 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Μπορείς να κλάψεις μες στο νερό; by Alexis Stamatis (Goodreads Author), Αλέξης Σταμάτης 3.34 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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― Alexis Stamatis, Bar Flaubert

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Alexis’s Quotes

“The illusion of freedom will continue as long as it's profitable to continue the illusion. At the point where the illusion becomes too expensive to maintain, they will just take down the scenery, they will pull back the curtains, they will move the tables and chairs out of the way and you will see the brick wall at the back of the theater.”
― Frank Zappa

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“Fiction’s about what it is to be a fucking human being.”
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“Whatever is decoded dies”
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“As a woman I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman, my country is the whole world.”
― Virginia Woolf

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“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.”
― Anais Nin

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