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Reflections on Presence : In Five Days,
single work
essay
'The book Reflections on Presence : In Five Days, by Professor Vrasidas Karalis was published in 2016, and it is dedicate to Manoy Lascaris, guardian at the gates.' (Introduction)
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Vrasidas Karalis : The Thinker of Exodus,
single work
biography
'Vrasidas Karalis' Reflections on Presence opens up the abyssal spaces of challenge that can be traced to certain aspects of the western philosophical project since its inception with the pre-Socratics...' (Introduction)
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Some Notes on 'The Demon's of Athens',
single work
essay
'Beyond its rather unsettling theme, the book reflects my engagement with Earnest Hemingway. His early staccato, succinct, self-ironic style a style that knows of its limitations and boundaries and makes the most by restricting itself to an absolutely essential vocabulary.' (Introduction)
- The Poet, Stavros Messinis (interviewer), single work interview (p. 134-137)
- A Conversation With...Stephans Papadopoulos and Peter Papathanasoiu, Sarah Ream (interviewer), single work interview (p. 138-143)
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The 'Fragile World' of D. Amanatides,
single work
essay
'I am honoured to have been asked to present this book but I eel a little anxious to speak about a poet with such admirable bounty as well as public recognition and who has expanded and broadened Modern Greek literature in the Diaspora as well as her Motherland.' (Introduction)
- Bizita, single work prose (p. 174-176)
- The Blind Masseuse from Saigon, single work prose (p. 177-180)
- Midwinter at Sounioni"The wind out of the north", single work poetry (p. 185)
- The Bitter-Orange Trees of Athensi"The bitter mingles with the sweet", single work poetry (p. 186)
- That Once Proud Nation...i"That once proud nation which I openly know as Hellas", single work poetry (p. 187)
- Uncover Pyrrhai"I beg my Thia to take me to Ancient Pyrrha", single work poetry (p. 188-190)
- Memoryi"Memory sensual triggers", single work poetry (p. 191)
- Forgiveness in Vancouveri"Instinctively you stand tall", single work poetry (p. 192)
- Face to Facei"Where did all the humanity go?", Dorothy Poulopoulos (translator), single work poetry (p. 193)
- An Australian Story : Dad's Storyi"I am Vasili.", single work poetry (p. 194-197)
- On Her Wayi"She left quietly, as she had ived quietly", single work poetry (p. 198)
- Reading the Diary of Anne Franki"She laughed, cried and gossiped", single work poetry (p. 198)
- Rebellato's Drilli"A syringe", single work poetry (p. 199)
- Childhoodi"collecting sea shells again", single work poetry (p. 200)