“… God sent this man, you remember that.”
“God or the devil?” Dad said softly, bowing his head.
1911, Macedonia. The body of an unconscious man is found on the outskirts of a town. When he regains consciousness, he claims to remember nothing. Who is this man, whose presence will prove to be a crucial for the city and for the lives of its inhabitants? Refugee, revolutionary, murderer? An inspirational creator, the embodiment of everyone’s dreams- or a very convenient scapegoat? In this multifaceted novel, where personal narratives are interwoven with the great historical events of the last century, elements of popular tradition and primordial myths, others’ voices are added to the voices of the heroes. The olive tree, the river, the birds, the living, and the beloved dead, nomads, wanderers and immigrants, as each in his own way tells his own part of the story, describing the seasons and reconstructing the various scents in a region which has always been a crossroads of nationalities, religions and languages. It is a reflection on the course of human desti

Kastaniotis, 2022, 432 p.