Atlantis Novel Explores Present-day Correlations with Ancient Destruction

Spanish author Javier Negrete locates his fictional Atlantis on the Greek island of Santorini, where, many believe, the largest volcanic eruption in human history occurred. In Negrete’s Atlantida (Atlantis in Greek), he interweaves the story of the destruction of this Santorini Atlantis with our present-day situation, in which we stand on the brink of another possible Atlantis-like destruction.

FIRA, Greece – Spanish writer Javier Negrete explores people’s fascination with natural disasters in “Atlantida” (Atlantis), a novel that transplants the tale of that mythical submerged civilization to the modern day.

Spanish Novelist Transplants Atlantis Myth to Modern Day in New Book – Latin American Herald Tribune