On the Unhappiness of Being Greek

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Required reading for anyone wishing to understand how the Greek crisis came about and what it means to be Greek today written by a controversial patriot and native of Greece.If Noam Chomsky and Gore Vidal have a Greek analogue, it is Nikos Dimou, one of the most fertile minds of his generation. This book is a series of 193 mostly brief, often cutting and at times satirical aphorisms about Greece and Greeks. In the postscript, Dimou writes: I have tried, simply, to articulate my observations in such a way so that serious people will find them to be serious, while less serious ones will find them less serious. I am now tortured by the possibility that the exact opposite will occur. According to its author, Nikos Dimou: This book is not a humorous collection of aphorisms about the shortcomings of Greeks but a bitter reflection on their tragic destiny (it is) the product of a man who cares deeply for his country, and tries to help his fellow citizens fulfil the Delphic motto:...