Published: November 2010

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At the turn of the 20th century, the area of Macedonia is under Ottoman rule. Three young men cross paths when Cretan Stavrakakis, a wealthy wine merchant, is murdered: Dark skinned Selim, offspring of Stavrakakis’ daughter and a Turkish judge, Cretan Manolis and Bulgarian Stoyan, one of Stavrakakis’ assassins. Their fate is thus altered once and for all…
 

The Black Macedonian challenges the notion of Greek identity while presenting a detailed portrait of a tumultuous historical period for the Balkan people, where nationalist tendencies were at their peak. It is a novel that measures up to The Bridge on the Drina by Nobel laureate Ivo Andric.