Katsehamos and the Great Idea by Prineas, Peter - 2006

Darlington NSW: Plateia, 2006 [Will be shipped direct from the publisher in Australia] A true story of Greeks and Australians in the early 20th. century " The mass migrations that followed the early 20th. century turmoil in the Balkans laid the foundations for that great Australian institution the Greek country cafe . Peter Prineas' s spirited account of migrants building small empires of cafes and cinemas is also tinged with the loneliness and isolation they experienced in xenophobic bush towns." (Tony Maniaty - Weekend Australian) " I found the book fascinating because it contains the dreams and aspirations of all Greek immigrants of my father's generation, a world that has faded from the collective Greek consciousness as much as the Great Idea. Most of all, however, I was struck by the literary quality of the book, which is far superior to almost all works of this type that I have read."(Nicholas Gage, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author of 'Eleni'.) 242p. Illus.bibliography.index. First Edition.. Soft Cover. New Book from Publisher.