Masthead header

So much blue and a narrow strip of land emerging. This image is the definition of a Cycladic island. Liberating simplicity. Two colors for two words: nostos and algos. Nostalgia*  * The Greek word for “return” is nostos. Algos means “suffering.” So nostalgia is the suffering caused by an unappeased yearning to return.”  Milan Kundera, […]

View full post »

  • Lefteris Atherinos28/07/2014 - 7:47 pm

    Nostalgia: Like the portuguese- galician: “saudade” or “morriña”ReplyCancel

  • Nostalgia31/01/2018 - 1:06 pm

    […] a language that makes Nikos Kavadias’ poems feel comforting familiar. In many of those stories, nostalgia was a starting point for every journey back […]ReplyCancel