this book was lying on my "to read" shelf for over a year, and by the time i picked it up i forgot how it got there. anyway, i decided to give it the benefit of the doubt that if i put it there then i probably heard from somewhere that it is good.

it was written by Panos Karnezis and it is a collection of short stories all taking place or related to a small poor village in greece.

it is a good book. i came to the conclusion that i like books that depict life set in less developed countries, with people that are leading simple lives backed by strong determinism. i think there should be a genre for these type of books.

usually i have trouble with a book which is a collection of short stories. but in this case there is still a common thread, so you're not thrown away to a different place with every story. still took me a while to finish the book, maybe because i didn't have time, or was tired, but probably also because i never quite got into it.