Athens - The Truth

'Athens - The Truth' gets to grips with the modern capital of Greece. Written in an easy and generally non-academic style it offers a widely researched feast of details to satisfy both the armchair traveller and the actual traveller alike, whether the latter be tourists, visitors, students, teachers, or business people. From a rational and secular point of view, the book provides both a thrilling account of what makes Athens tick and a vivid explanation of why Greece is as it is today. Searching for Mános and his music in and around many of the significant places of Athens, the author observes many of the qualities that infuse not only the music of Greece but also many of the behaviours, aspects, and forms of expression that are typical of Athens. The final chapters allow the reader both an appreciation of the Greek psyche and a clear account of the precarious point at which Greece now stands. A thirteen-page index assists the location of specific details.

Contents:
Ch. 1: Introduction;
Ch. 2: Genocide & Rebétika;
Ch. 3: Edge of the East;
Ch. 4: Cháos & Puppets;
Ch. 5: Streets of Dreams;
Ch. 6: Artefacts & Legacies;
Ch. 7: Over the Moon;
Ch. 8: Scents & Sparkle;
Ch. 9: Unexpected Creatures;
Ch. 10: Rules & Rebellion;
Ch. 11: Chasms, Canyons, & Strata;
Ch. 12: Identity;
Ch. 13: Eternal Diónysos;
Ch. 14: Extreme Appearances;
Ch. 15: Refuge & Delirium;
Ch. 16: Undercurrents & Shadows;
Ch. 17: To Démetra & Cátharsis;
Acknowledgements.
Index.