{"product_id":"asphyxia-marilu-pagonis-9798283902043","title":"Asphyxia: The Story of a Life Scripted in (Parentheses)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAsphyxia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Story of a Life Scripted in Parentheses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy Tomazo Pagonis\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA poetic novel of breath, guilt, and cinematic memory-where the narrator becomes the character, and the author becomes the accused.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNefeli lives between brackets. Her life unfolds like a film-projected on a screen at the back of her mind, narrated by a voice she did not choose, and directed by a poet she may have imagined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a world where reality is rewritten by memory, and memory reshaped by guilt, \u003ci\u003eAsphyxia\u003c\/i\u003e follows a young woman caught in the paradox of observation and participation. Surrounded by an eccentric circle of friends-a suffocating Hippolytus, a hygienically loveless Phaedra, a disarmingly innocent Aphrodite, and a painfully well-connected Alexandros-she drifts between voices, images, and philosophical confessionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd always in the background: X. The elusive poet. The guest star. The ghost who writes her lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold through fragmentary scenes, poetic reflections, and metafictional asides, this novel explores: \u003cbr\u003e- the tyranny of authorship and the fragility of identity\u003cbr\u003e- breath as both biological and symbolic survival\u003cbr\u003e- the haunting role of guilt in shaping who we become\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Greek by Marilu Pagoni, \u003ci\u003eAsphyxia\u003c\/i\u003e is a lyrical and haunting journey through a life that may never have belonged to its protagonist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marilu Pagonis,Thomas Tomazo Pagonis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798283902043\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.31lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.29d","brand":"Marilu Pagonis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48851059441919,"sku":"9798283902043","price":9.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/asphyxia-marilu-pagonis-9798283902043","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}