The City and the Writer: In Thessaloniki with Christopher Bakken
The City and the Writer: In Thessaloniki with Christopher Bakken —Italo Calvino, Can you describe the mood of Thessaloniki as you feel/see it? Thessaloniki sits right on the Aegean, and the city’s mood is appropriately mercurial—moving from blaring sun to placid shadow, from wave to wave, from agony to ecstasy. Out on the larger avenues, you find pandemonium, swelter, and constant vibration, but retreat down any side street and you’ll wind up in a network of tiny alleyways, all remarkably quiet. There, Thessaloniki feels much more like a village than the second-largest city in Greece...
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