The Xenophobe's Guide to the Greeks by Alexandra Fiada

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Greeks by Alexandra Fiada

A guide to understanding the Greeks which takes an insightful, irreverent look at their character and attitudesXenophobia: an irrational fear of foreigners, probably justified, always understandable.
Xenophobe's Guides: an irreverent look at the beliefs and foibles of nations, almost guaranteed to cure Xenophobia.
Individuality is the chief feature that characterizes the Greeks, which precludes any attempt to box and label them as a people. After that comes their temperament which flourishes uninhibited throughout their waking hours. This is probably why the ancient sages saw fit to carve their maxims Nothing in excess and Know thyself on the portals of the Delphic Oracle in an attempt to persuade their fellow Greeks to curb their emotionsthey were not heeded then any more than they are now.

Alexandra Fiada was born and lives (as does 40% of the Greek nation) in Athens. She is unable to explain her unusually disciplined nature, but suggests her inquisitive, optimistic individualism is ample proof, if it was needed, that she is a true Greek.
A passionate lover of Greek history, she became a newspaper addict at the age of five and has read avidly all forms of the printed word ever since. Fortunately this is a great advantage in her professional life - publishing.
As editor of a number of magazines including International History Magazine and the Greek Readers Digest, translator, and author of A Short History of Athens, assorted articles, scripts and documentaries she finds work her principal pleasure. But she claims she cannot function properly without copious cups of coffee, and far too many cigarettes which she defends on the grounds that if smoking doesnt get her first, the smog of Athens will.
Meanwhile she plans for a dream house among the olive trees in the Greek countryside and a pension large enough to guarantee that her relations humour her every whim well into her dotage.

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ISBN 13	9781906042349
ISBN 10	1906042349
Title	The Xenophobe's Guide to the Greeks
Author	Alexandra Fiada
Series	Xenophobe's Guides
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Oval Books
Year published	2010-07-14
Number of pages	96
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