"Forty years later a man..." Strange that the second chapter of "The First Man" began this way. As if its author, Albert Camus, knew he would "come back to life" forty years after his untimely death, which prevented him from completing this novel. Returning to Mykonos, one summer at the end of the twentieth century, he is faced with the question: Is death the unexpected end that permanently cuts the thread of life and creation, or is there sometimes a second chance to complete what was left unfinished?

Next to Camus, a young journalist seeks the myth, a heretical scientist seeks vindication, a failed writer seeks inspiration. People, books, and loves seek completion. This summer is not just the wager of lost time.

A journey to the Cyclades and the light, reconciling life with death, a novel about love and literature, about philosophy and the repressed desires of our soul...

"Spelling Out the Summer" is perhaps the most characteristic book of Dimitris G. Stefanakis, as here the author deals with his main literary obsession - time. Seeking its true dimension, he debunks the myth of beginning and end, conveying a comforting message about the irrevocability of death.