The Buses and Other Short Stories

Reading The Buses and the other short stories in this collection, is like dipping into a compelling, timeless dream. One can visually feast on the multi-coloured spring flowers of the Greek countryside while driving by limo from the airport, or sweat in the scorching heat on a Southern Peloponnese peninsula, the wind blowing grit into your skin. Or closer to home, another story allows you to inhale redolent spices mingling with the humid scent of lilies at a party in the backyard of one newly successful Greek family in Toronto. All beautifully crafted, these tales offer us poignant, often visceral, but sometimes brutal insights into the life of Greek newcomers to Toronto during the 1960s, '70s and '80s. Insight into what it means to be a new Greek Canadian, coming from a land of close-knit family and rich traditions, to one colder in climate and countenanceDrivas-Avramis' writing touches one's emotional core, allowing us to intimately understand eternal gratitude and deep...