Ladies and gentlemen, a strange magic envelops the world of this book. Short, sharp, concise sentences. Images created from nothing. Scenes and tableaux in the interiors of homes and cities. No known method of narration or psychology satisfies the author of this book. Like in ancient vases, everything has existed and is lost. Exceedingly true and exceedingly poetic.

“The Happy Simon” is born and dies like the songs of children’s choirs. Even when her twenty-year-old son, Leonidas, falls in love and marries a prostitute. “The Happy Simon” is one of the 13 stories by Takis Kanellopoulos included in this book and the first of the two books we have announced.

Takis Kanellopoulos needs no introduction nationwide. We arrive at his door, captivated by his strange personality and his eccentric poetry. Goodnight.

Giorgos Chronas