my writing

Tag: Greece,

  • Introduction & Meeting Penny : Pages from ‘Dionysos’ Island’.

     Set in 1971, two young men, dissatisfied with their lives, head for Greece on the long land and sea journey.Richard, recovering after a traumatic affair with a student revolutionary, is hoping to recuperate in its classical calm and sun-filled clarity, while Simon seeks to empty himself in mountain walking.For Richard, memories on the long journey…

  • Introduction. &, Meeting Penny : Pages from ‘Dionysos’ Island’.

    INTRODUCTION The details of Richard’s disappearance filtered through to me slowly. Or perhaps I filtered them slowly. I had lost touch, ceased to keep in touch with him several years before, having run out of patience with his lack of focus, his failure to get on. When getting on, one needs the company of those…