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Geographical Dilemma and Literary Creation: Vassilis Alexakis’ Paris

This article analyzes the literary treatment of Paris in Vasssilis Alexakis’ writings with a special emphasis on how the geographical and spatial treatment of the French capital city by this award-winning Francophone Greek writer (Prix Médicis and Grand prix du roman de l’Académie française) has evolved throughout his career. First, I demonstrate that his earliest works constitute a reterritorialization on Paris. Then, I show that using Paris as the exclusive geographical background to his first three novels led to a rejection of the French capital in later works, especially in Avant. Finally, I explain that this rejection of Paris, which motivated a rediscovery of Greek locations in recent works, has allowed for a cathartic resolution of Alexakis’ Parisian geographical and literary dilemma in his recent novel Le Premier mot.