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A giant of world literature and Nobel Prize nominee reimagines and enduring epic.
Odysseus: A Verse Tragedy, by Nikos Kazantzakis
Kostas Myrsiades’s verse translation of Nikos Kazantzakis’s Odysseus displays workaday power, thereby realizing Kazantzakis’s endeavor in this play to combine earthy realism with the sublime magic of Greek mythology. It is truly beautiful, exciting!"
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Historical Fiction in a Graphic Novel – Telling Old Stories in New Ways.
Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922
by Soloup
“Following in the footsteps of Art Spiegelman, Marjane Satrapi, Joe Sacco, or Jacques Tardi, Soloup, against the background of blood-stained chapters of History, focuses on human tragedy.” – Kathimerini (Greece)
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From the renowned Greek author and actress Lili Bita.
Sister of Darkness
The Storm Rider
Women of Fire and Blood
“Lili Bita transcends the individual woman. Her experiences, love or hatred, birth or death, ecstasy or despair, become universal.” – Anais Nin
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The Power of Poetry and Literature
Somerset Hall Press poets and writers express a multitude of experiences. A recent publication is “Pomegranate Seeds: An Anthology of Greek-American Poetry.”
“Pomegranate Seeds is a rich and evocative mosaic in verse of the Greek-American experience that has much to offer not only Greeks and Americans but every traveler in that mysterious and tumultuous voyage called life.” —Nicholas Gage, Best-selling Author of Eleni and A Place for Us -
Theology and philosophy books addressing age-old questions.
Somerset Hall Press has published numerous books by Orthodox Christian theologians and philosophers. Moreover, it has published books about other world religions including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam.
Welcome to Somerset Hall Press!
Founded in 2001, Somerset Hall Press publishes scholarly and literary books, primarily but not exclusively in the field of Greek studies. We have published books in such areas as culture, history, theology, philosophy, literature, and poetry. Our authors are eminent scholars, experts, and writers. Somerset Hall Press is proud to promote Greek, Greek-American, and world culture. You can see descriptions of each of our titles in our Store. Thank you for visiting!
New Book!
Evrytania: Ancient History and Legend
By Demetrios I. Fallis
Translation and Introduction by George C. Papademetriou