This book unfolds and illuminates aspects of the author's life. It includes twelve chapters, "a dozen eggplants, some with sweet wine and some with vinegar," as he characteristically calls them, as follows: family, lineage, neighborhood, elementary school, high school, university, military service, abroad, public service, Brussels, teaching, and retirement.

In between, he interjects his thoughts on sports, music, cinema, neighborhood games, and... Classic Illustrations. He tries to convey the atmosphere of a bygone era and, at the same time, to offer his own "apology for the tremendous step." Seventy years in pieces! It is a tribute to friends who have passed away. A mural of the era. A reference to the trace of his journey with particular emphasis on its small details. At the same time, he narrates some stories from the "hidden corners" of his hometown. Thus, at the end of the day, the reader will see the unparalleled duo emerge: the "rosebud" of Orson Welles from "Citizen Kane" alongside the "first self" of Angelos Sikelianos from "Hymn to the Great Nostos."