ATHENS - THE TRUTH SEARCHING FOR MANOS HATZIDAKI A LITTLE BEFORE "THE BUBBLE BURNS"
David Cade's "journey" to Athens began decades ago in New Zealand, where, as a teenager, he was enchanted by the music of our place. But it was the music of Manos Hadjidakis, as it emerged from the scores that the author accidentally discovered in a small Greek bookstore in London years later, that haunted his imagination and made him dream of visiting the place where he lived and created great Greek composer.
This dream comes true in early 2010. As news outlets around the world have already started talking about the upcoming economic crisis in Greece, Cade talks to residents of Athens, explores its sights, studies important moments of Greek history. and reveals an Athens unknown even to many of those who have lived it up close for years. No tourist mood and no mood to caress ears,It tells how a "foreigner" sees our country and the Greeks, what feeling Athens leaves to its visitors, what is it that makes this city and its people stand out.
David Cade's book "Athens - The Truth" surprises, fascinates, concerns. It is a bold, penetrating look at a city seductive and at the same time exhausting, the modern Athens of contrasts, its people, its pulse and its secrets, but also the varied history of our place and the causes that contributed to the current crisis.
The author, through his exuberant, well-meaning critique, presents his own truth, a truth that concerns not only Athens and its inhabitants, but the whole of Greece and every Greek. Do we have the courage to listen to her? (From the presentation on the back of the book)
"Rare historical details and paradoxes that will impress even visitors who know this city well…
The enlightening flashbacks to the life and work of famous Greek musicians and artists are equally interesting ”(Neos Kosmos)
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