- Summary
- "'Wheat Songs' is a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American Odysseys--an actual physical journey for the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, and a philosophical quest by the author, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos. When the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, a proud old man, tells his fascinating, tragic and true stories of the Nazi occupation of Greece during World War II and the following Greek Civil War, to his 20-something grandson, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos, Perry's philosophical reflections on his grandfather's stories along with his own memories of growing up in his extended Greek/Italian/American family in the Bronx combine to create an enduring story about the strength created by a strong, tightly-knit family and the powerful values passed down from generation to generation"-- Provided by publisher.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Rizopoulos, Perry Giuseppe, 1991- author.
- Published
- Boston : Academic Studies Press, 2018
©2018
- Locale
- New York (State)
Bronx County
Greece
- Contents
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Difficult choices
We're not made of ashes
A terrible furnace
No sack full of sugar
God and the evil eye
No one sleeps
Dancing in the dark
A faint flash of red
A tempestuous history
The irrational universe
Epilogue : a bright white light.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Meis, William A., Jr., author.
- Notes
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Difficult choices -- We're not made of ashes -- A terrible furnace -- No sack full of sugar -- God and the evil eye -- No one sleeps -- Dancing in the dark -- A faint flash of red -- A tempestuous history -- The irrational universe -- Epilogue : a bright white light.
