“I had begun to grasp, in the past few weeks, one of the great and unconvenanted delights of Greece; a pre-coming-of-age present in my case: a direct and immediate link, friendly and equal on either side, between human beings, something which melts barriers of hierarchy and background and money and, except for a few tribal and historic feuds, politics and nationality as well.”
Fermor explores the very heart of the Greek temperament in the isolated region of Roumeli. He delves into the delicate relationship between modern Greece and the Greek past and finds a basic conflict there: the golden age of Pericles eternally at odds with the golden age of Christian and imperial Byzantium.
Author: Patrick Leigh Fermor
Title: Roumeli: Travels in Northern Greece
Edition: First American edition, first printing
Published: New York: Harper & Row, 1966
Physical Description: Hardcover; Octavo; 248p
Condition: Good condition dust jacket (price-clipped) with, edge wear, light chipping, and toning—in new protector. Boards and spine clean with edge wear, bumping to corners, and crushing at spine ends. Binding sturdy and square. Pages toned. Owner’s name on front end-paper.
Comments: Clean copy
