This book is a powerfull document capturing the mood of the Cypriot people, in Chekhovian sensibility, from the years of their British colonial status to their present predicament.
The first section of the book portrays the period before 1955 when Cyprus was a British colony. It is followed by the period which canvasses the struggle of the Cypriot people for independence. The first years of independent Cyprus are captured in the third collection of stories. It brings the story to 1974 when the coup d'etat against Archbishop Makarios took place, an incident which gave Turkey the opportunity and excuse to invade Cyprus.
The Turkish invasion and its consequences - political, social, and moral - are dealt with in the fourth section.
