Idyll Three: Northwest Greece
THE SIX-WINGED SERAPH: A NOVELLA
INTRODUCTION
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IDYLL THREE: NORTHWEST GREECE
EPIGRAPH
“The awareness of death and of the tragic aspect of life, whether dim or clear, is one of the basic characteristics of man.”
–Erich Fromm, Fear of Freedom (1942)
PROLOGUE
On Sunday, July 28, Brother X was comfortably settled in a dormitory room at the University of Ioannina. He had arrived the day before in Ioannina by bus from Igoumenitsa. The bus trip had taken about one and one-half hours, versus the two and one-half hours he had expected. Upon arrival in Igoumenitsa harbor via the Europalink ferry, he had noted the presence of the Grimaldi Lines Zeus Palace ro-ro ferry, which had been docked in Ancona the previous day. Igoumenitsa’s harbor was the typical concrete affair with a huge parking lot to cross upon exiting the ferry. The arrivals and departures building resembled both architecturally and service-wise an airport departures’ lounge combined with a small shopping mall, with various duty-free goods on offer, restaurant, ticketing facilities, plus cabs waiting outside. As the Europalink was emptying of passengers, cars, and trucks, Brother X got a very good look…
