Archipelago

Along the way to a translation writing residency on the Dalmatian coast, Archipelago's unnamed narrator has an unsettling, aggressive encounter with a man on a ferry, which sets off a series of strange events. At the residency, she reunites with Luka, an old friend who seems to have included a version of her in his novel. They strike up a romantic relationship as she continues her translation work.

The hazy summer stretches on until, after a sudden shift, she embarks upon an impulsive road trip back to Greece, crossing borders. Spare and lyrical, with subversions of the Odyssey and its singular Ithaca, Archipelago charts a wending journey back to the narrator's family house--not simply back to a self and home, but beyond it.

Author: Natalie Bakopoulos
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Tin House Books
Published: 08/19/2025
Pages: 248
Weight: 0.6lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781963108309