The Book of Evil
Editor: George Vailakis

15*23 cm., 552 pp., €22
ISBN: 978-960-99052-0-6

The writers of evil: Christos Apostolakos, Giannis Asdrachas, Christos Asteriou, Nikos Vlandis, Leyteris Giannakoudakis, Eleni Gika, George Glykofridis, Angela Dimitrakaki, Lily Exarchopoulou, Dimitris Karydas, Kostas Katsoularis, Lena Kitsopoulou, Auguste Corteau, Nikos Kounenis, Ilias Maglinis, Leyteris Mayropoulos, Spyros Paloukis, Makis Panorios, Alexis Stamatis, Dimitris Sotakis, Konstantinos D. Tzamiotis, Christos Chrysopoulos

What would Hell look alike, if we re-invented it today? Twenty two Greek writers rebuild Dante’s Hell, choosing the new villains from modern literature and recent history. Their short stories are complemented with intermediate texts which quote directly from Dante’s Hell. The editor’s introduction to the book is an essay about the genealogy of evil in literature and philosophy. Conclusions are also drawn: how much differs the perception of evil in the 21st century compared with the medieval times of Dante Alighieri?

George Vailakis (born 1973) is a book reviewer and a cultural news reporter working in Athens, Greece. He has graduated from the university of Nottingham with a Bachelor’s degree in philosophy and a Master’s degree in the interpretation of image as communication media. He has also acquired a Master’s Degree in communication theory from London City university and a Master’s degree in cultural theory from the University of Brighton.