Description
Book SynopsisWheat Songs is a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American journeys—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.
Table of Contents
- 1 Difficult Choices
- 2 We’re Not Made of Ashes
- 3 A Terrible Furnace
- 4 No Sack Full of Sugar
- 5 God and the Evil Eye
- 6 None Shall Sleep
- 7 Dancing in the Dark
- 8 A Faint Flash of Red
- 9 A Tempestuous History
- 10 The Irrational Universe
- Epilogue: A Bright White Light
