If I Were a Boy is an Albanian novel written in a form derived from latin from a greek word meaning
Epistolary novel An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper clippings and other documents are sometimes used. Recently, electronic "documents" such as recordings and radio, blogs, and e-mails have also come into use. The word "epistolary" is derived from Latin from the Greek word ἐπιστολή "epistolē", meaning a letter (see epistle).
Alexius Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (Greek: Αλέξιος , polytonic Ἀλέξιος , "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the later Byzantine Empire. Variants include Alexis with the Russian Aleksey and its Ukrainian counterpart Oleksa/Oleksiy deriving from this form. The female form is Alexia (Greek: Αλεξία ) and its variants such as Alessia (which male form is Alessio) in Italian.