The Feasts of Memory - Stories of a Greek Family
by Elias Kulukundis
Published by Peter E. Randall, Portsmouth, NH. (This book was first published by Holt, Rhinehart & Winston. This revised edition includes a new chapter.)
236 pages. 5" x 7-7/8", paperback

List Price: US$20.00 - order it from the publisher at Deidre@PERPublisher.com

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The new and revised edition of The Feasts of Memory, subtitled “Stories of a Greek Family” presents an exciting combination of a Mediterranean travelogue and the author's autobiography as a ship owner and writer.

The author has added new material about his grandfather's successful navigation from the age of sail to steam and a portrait of his uncle Manuel Kulukundis, who was overshadowed in the original by his brother George.

The Feasts of Memory brings alive a world of ancient traditions and colorful customs that will touch the life of anyone wishing to discover Greece. The famous Greek shipping family of Kulukundis is the source of inspiration for a clever combination of travel book, Kulukundis' autobiography, and a collection of the family's stories. The tales told around the dinner tables of his family in exile recreate the ancestors' life on the island of Kasos.

Through a collection of family stories, it vividly captures the nostalgia and excitement that accompany one's search for origins as a key to one's identity and meaning in life.

The Feasts of Memory is a book that inspires all those who left their homeland behind as well as those in search of new realms.

More about the book & the author: thefeastsofmemory.com

About the author

Grandson of two Kasiot sea captains and son of a Kasiot shipowner, Elias Kulukundis was born in London in 1937. Three years later his family moved to America and he grew up in Rye, New York. Nevertheless, he feels that he grew up in a Greek world.

Educated at Phillips Exeter and Harvard, he became a versatile linguist as well as a writer. Mr. Kulukundis translated Viktor Nekrasov's Both Sides of the Ocean from the Russian.

A shipping financier as well as a writer, he spends his leisure time singing musical comedy and opera. He has combined these interests in his latest work, a libretto for an opera entitled Three Brides For Kasos, based on his story The Hollow Crown.”

Mr. Kulukundis currently lives in New York.

Photo by Jayson Byrd