Did these people ever exist? How many centuries ago did they live? How did they manage to keep their lives so spacious that their present cohabited with the past and the future, without rivalries or disjunctions?
Since the time of the Katakouzinos and their friends - the legendary generation of the '30s - the lives of people here in Greece and Europe have shrunk. They have shrunk so much that they can hardly accommodate anything or anyone else besides a single self, frightened and ready to settle for the worst...
Lito Katakouzinos' book is not a tourist guide exploring a dead world. Lito's unpretentious narrative brings to life not only moments, years, events, and historical figures but mainly values and works that today, more than ever, we need to illuminate our next steps, our great "no's," and our small affirmations.
In reality, it narrates how an entire generation of Greeks conquered their self-esteem through mountains of difficulties, sailing through the most challenging seas of History, armed with creativity, love, authenticity, and tolerance.
[Excerpt from the text on the back cover of the edition]
