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Elysanthe is a Greek author and orchestra conductor. She is a graduate of the University of Music and Theater in Munich and the Royal Academy of Music in Stockholm. As a conductor, she has collaborated with various key European orchestras such as the London Philharmonic, the BBC Philharmonic, the London Symphony Orchestra, the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Orchestre National de France, the Orchestra Giuseppe Verdi in Milan, and the opera theaters in Berlin and Frankfurt.
Ariadne & Dionysus is Elysanthe’s debut novel.

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"Your next read after Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and for musicians, conductors, or fans of the symphony. I got to read this early and what a delight!

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"A creative woman isolating herself while trying to avoid her past meets someone, with plenty of their own problems needing addressing, who gets her to confront the fears lurking within her past in Ariadne & Dionysus by Elysanthe.

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"I read this book in its final stages some months before publication. As someone who doesnt typically read contemporary, I was surprised at how much I enjoyed this novel. I was hooked beginning to end.

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“Her skin was covered in nature’s brightly printed fabric, the forest’s pulse synchronized with hers. It entered her every pore. This wasn’t a walk in the woods; it was a transfusion.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“He smirked awkwardly. “Go easy on me, now… I’m not accustomed to that many compliments from you,” he said. Sharon cupped his shabby-chic beard with her soft hands.
“Last one, I promise,” she said.
“Let’s get this over with.”
“Carl, you are not your father.”
( Ariadne & Dionysus)”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“He’d be grateful for this career, because it would mean he gets to keep his soul.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“A vocation-amputee can still sense the presence of the missing dream.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Magic and music; music and magic. As a wise man once said, they’re only two letters apart.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“Sexism is a crime against women,” he announced... But Ari knew it was worse than that, for sexism is a crime against reason. And how do you argue with the unreasonable?”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

“To dispose of your essence,
It’s self-mutilation.
It’s self-abuse.
Music is not what we do. It’s who we are. Never forget that.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS
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“Perhaps this self-punishing agony, this life-long obsession, perhaps that’s the price some great artists have to pay to be that great; it’s not just talent, anyone can have talent.”
― Elysanthe, ARIADNE & DIONYSUS

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