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    The Mystery Of The Semi-carved Figure
    The Mystery Of The Semi-carved Figure
    The Mystery Of The Semi-carved Figure
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    The Mystery Of The Semi-carved Figure

    By Thomas Agrafiotis

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    In 1989, the nearly centenarian Yakovakis, an artist of shadow puppetry, is murdered in his artist's haunt. At the same time, a bas-relief depicting a demon disappears from his collection. The search for suspects begins with his circle of friends. But after his funeral, members of this circle, his friends and colleagues, are murdered, one by one. Who, then, is responsible for these murders? Investigators connect the stolen bas-relief to the murders, but what did this figure represent to have become the apple of discord between collectors, adventurers and artists? Could it be that this frightening leather shadow hides unexplored secrets that had disappeared in the depths of the centuries?

    An original detective novel, Ex Oriente Lux (out of the East, light).
    For the first time, the art of modern Greek shadow puppetry, at once timeless and ancient, is the protagonist in a detective novel that develops over a series of short, distilled narrations. On a first level, the reader will encounter the puzzle of the murderer's identity. On a second, the sanctum of Eastern mysticism... A seemingly lifeless, reddish figure gathers its vitality from the artist to come to life at the time of the performance. But could it now have the power to live forever?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas Agrafiotis
    Release dateFeb 14, 2019
    ISBN9780463463086
    The Mystery Of The Semi-carved Figure
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    Thomas Agrafiotis

    Thomas Agrafiotis was born in Kozani in 1976. As a lecturer (Law 407/1980) he taught the module “Art of the Greek Shadow Theater as a Means of Children Education” at the Department of Preschool Education, School of Education, University of Western Macedonia (based in Florina) during the academic years 2009-10 and 2010-11. He is a puppeteer and teacher, as well as an elected member of the Artistic Council of the National Shadow Theater Association. He conducted his doctoral thesis at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki on the educational dimension of Karagiozis and its use in Primary Education. His work regarding Shadow Theater has been awarded in literary contests for the novels, I Periplaniseis enos Kallitechni (Wanderings of an Artist) and Ta Onira enos Epanastati (A Rebel’s Dreams), while in late September 2008, he won the Original Script award at the 4th Greek Shadow Theater in Patras, presenting the epic and religious drama, O Karagiozis kai o Thisavros tou Theou (Karagiozis and God’s Treasure).

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