Wheat Songs (Paperback)

Paperback. Wheat Songs is a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American journeysan actual physical journey for the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, and a philosophical quest by the author, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos. When the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, a proud old man, tells his fascinating, tragic and true stories of the Nazi occupation of Greece during World War II and the following Greek Civil War, to his twenty-something grandson, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos, Perrys philosophical reflections on his grandfathers stories along with his own memories of growing up in his extended Greek/Italian/American family in the Bronx combine to create an enduring story about the strength created by a tightly-knit family and the powerful values passed down from generation to generation. Wheat Songs is memoir about war, survival and the love between a grandson and his grandfather. The piece is the result of WWII and the Nazi occupation of Greece, a trip across the Atlantic and a yearlong conversation between the author, Perry Rizopoulos and his grandfather or pappou, Pericles Rizopoulos. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…