BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS (iii)
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As he is drowning while Smyrna is in flames, a
Greek character in BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS by Louis
de Bernieres, is quoted as saying to an imaginary
audience: “Don’t misunderstand me, it isn’t that
I think Greeks are worse than Turks, what
irritates me is that they think they’re so much
better when really they’re exactly the same.”
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Such admissions are made only in works of fiction
written by foreign writers. I was born and raised
in Greece and I now live in a Canadian city with
a substantial Greek community, and I have never
heard a Greek expressing sentiments remotely
similar to these and I doubt if I will live long
enough to hear an Armenian admit that Turks too
are human beings who deserve to live.
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As he is drowning while Smyrna is in flames, a
Greek character in BIRDS WITHOUT WINGS by Louis
de Bernieres, is quoted as saying to an imaginary
audience: “Don’t misunderstand me, it isn’t that
I think Greeks are worse than Turks, what
irritates me is that they think they’re so much
better when really they’re exactly the same.”
*
Such admissions are made only in works of fiction
written by foreign writers. I was born and raised
in Greece and I now live in a Canadian city with
a substantial Greek community, and I have never
heard a Greek expressing sentiments remotely
similar to these and I doubt if I will live long
enough to hear an Armenian admit that Turks too
are human beings who deserve to live.
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