Asphyxia: The Story of a Life Scripted in (Parentheses)

AsphyxiaThe Story of a Life Scripted in ParenthesesBy Tomazo PagonisA poetic novel of breath, guilt, and cinematic memory-where the narrator becomes the character, and the author becomes the accused.Nefeli 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.In a world where reality is rewritten by memory, and memory reshaped by guilt, Asphyxia 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.And always in the background: X. The elusive poet. The guest star. The ghost who writes her lines.Told through fragmentary scenes, poetic reflections, and metafictional asides, this novel explores: - the tyranny of authorship and the fragility of identity- breath as both biological and symbolic survival- the haunting role of guilt in shaping who we becomeTranslated from the Greek by Marilu Pagoni, Asphyxia is a lyrical and haunting journey through a life that may never have belonged to its protagonist.

• | Author: Marilu Pagonis
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: May 14, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00136 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798283902043