"None of our generation made it. Others did. War, December, civil war, dictatorship. We remember all the old things. We are tired of them. We don't say we should forget them, they are our whole life. How many times have we said we should start over! It's not the courage that we lacked..."

(excerpt from the book)

With a surprisingly clear gaze and crystal clarity, Eleni, the earthly fiancée of Captain Achilles, who reached the ends of the earth, to Tashkent, to be with him, recalls her past. Stone by stone, she composes the mosaic of her most significant three decades ('40-'70) in Greece, scratching old and newer wounds that left indelible marks on souls and bodies.