Βιβλικοί ήρωες με χαμηλά λιπαρά

I met Thanasis Dimou, as far as I remember, probably as a child prodigy in a biblical episode, playing the nephew of the addict dependent on Samson's peculiar permanant, painting Mrs. Delilah before she cut his hair à la garcon.

This was before the Prodigal Son acquired a private Sunday by first making his famous penance a dunce. Back then, repentance and forgiveness (which were considered emotional side effects) were not so fashionable.

Now an adult, Thanasis had several coffees with me until we agreed that both of us, despite the age difference, were generally unforgiving and unrepentant on some basic principles. So we concluded that some of the stories that had preoccupied me since childhood could be illustrated and subverted in the best, of course, sense.

In the meantime, Prodigal had become a celebrity, but I was also focusing on his other brother, the modest and hard-working Sotos, whom the Bible unfortunately ruthlessly cast aside. Demou shared my sympathy for Sotos and we moved on.

Meanwhile a majestic bird, known as the Turkey in our country, flying panicked from Christmas to Christmas and Thanksgiving in the Americas, had a sad career as a healthy meat with little fat. That is to say, a pacifying case. So I thought about what an unfortunate bird it was by fate despite its natural beauty.

Thanasis Demou, when I explained the drama of the turkey, burst into tears. Of course I consoled him by telling him that you and I could (as a kind of informal NGO) restore her, at least morally, by making her our heroine.

That's when the poetic-artistic manifesto entitled "The Curse of the Turkey" emerged, giving voice and authority to the noble nature of this harmless bird. I must stress that, although the protagonists of our stories are unrelated to each other, they nevertheless meet under the biblical constellations.

The 'Ellinika Grammata' publishing house, with whom I am connected by a deep friendship and groomsmanship, listened with reverence to our two stories and agreed that they should see the light of day, becoming a legacy of sensitivity and, above all, creative ambiguity for future generations of the Prodigal, the Soton and the consumer of low-fat meat.

Above all, they found the courage in these uncertain times to publish them, at a time when the world passively trusts dubious technology on the one hand and finds an alibi in turkey fillets on the other, ignoring the dramatic scenarios that led them to crematoria and prominent packaging.

For all this, we thank you and the Ellinika Grammata from the bottom of our hearts.