submitted by Peter (Panagiotis) Prineas on 25.06.2006
Author: Peter Prineas When Published: April, 2006 Publisher: Plateia 32 Calder Road, Darlington, N.S.W., 2008, AUSTRALIA. email: plateia@ozemail.com.au Available: Yes. Description: Soft cover, 248 pages, biblio., notes, index, photographs. Australia A$34.95 incl postage; USA and Europe A$46.00 airmail. Katsehamos and the Great Idea is now available on Amaon Kindle for $9.99 Katsehamos and the Great Idea is now available on Amaon Kindle for $9.99 Also available from the Kytherian Association of Australia: Enquiries: George C. Poulos Ph: 61 2 9388 8320 e: Contact George here Angelo Notaras p: 61 2 9810 0194 ext.711 f: 61 2 9810 6691 e: Contact Angelo here Also from Gleebooks, 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe NSW, 2037 and selected bookshops. Katsehamos and the Great Idea is also available in the New England and Northwest region of NSW, from the Roxy Theatre, Maitland Street, Bingara. Phone: 02 67240003 or email here Katsehamos and the Great Idea. See also: Speech introducing Bob Carr at the Sydney launch Review(s) of the book Professor Janis Wiltons' speech, Bingara book launch Details of the Bingara book launch, photograph unveiling, and 70th Anniversary Ball Founders photographs unveiled, Roxy, Bingara Flyer_-_Roxy_70th_Anniversary.pdf Kytherians flocked to Bingara from everywhere Peter Feros's descendants Descendants and freinds of Roxy Theatre founder, Peter Feros
submitted by Odyssey Magazine on 06.11.2007
ODYSSEY Magazine, March/April 2007, pp. 81-82 Peter Prineas, a Greek Australian of Kytherian descent, is the author of Katsehamos and The Great Idea, which tells the story of his ancestors migrations to the United States and subsequently to Australia in the early 1900's. Written with affection and insight, and meticulously researched, the narrative skillfully integrates the personal history of Prineas’s family with the broader history of Kythera and Greece, and in particular, with that of the “Megali Idea—the “great idea”, or Greek ambitions to retake Constantinople from the Turks in the early part of the twentieth century and to reestablish the city as the capital of a greater Greece. Having more than fulfilled his military obligations in a number of wars, Prineas’s grandfather, the “Katsehamos” of the title, ends up in a small town in the Australian outback in the late 1920s. where he is determined to develop his own great idea. This involves no less than building the Roxy Theatre, a two storey art-deco cinema, which he believes will make his fortune. The book traces the rise and fall in the fortunes of these pioneers, who leaving real wars behind them in Greece, ended up becoming embroiled in a local cinema war. Prineas captures the dreams and aspirations of these tenacious first migrants, torn as they were between their real love of Greece and the need to escape crushing poverty through migration. The characters in Katsehamos and The Great Idea come alive through the author’s lyrical style and effective use of imagery, as well as the skillful juxtaposition of biographical detail with historical fact. A poignant celebration of early Greek migrants. Katsehamos and the Great Idea pays tribute to their lasting contribution to the cultural legacy of Australia.
Teacher, journalist, poet and author, Sydney NSW Australia
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