Roger Jinkinson has been visiting and living in the Village for the last 30 years. These pages come from his collection of stories about the place and the extraordinary characters that live there.
Roger’s first job was as a cleaner in a school. From then on it was downhill all the way until he found himself helping to run a university. Already deeply involved with the remote Greek village of Diafani in Karpathos, the lure was too much and he gave up the formal lifestyle to live among the hunters, gatherers, fishermen and farmers who fascinated him so much.
Two books have followed: Tales from a Greek Island is a series of short stories about village life whilst American Ikaros is the biography of Kevin Andrews, the American writer who came to the village in the 1960’s. Roger promises that More Tales from a Greek Island will be his last on the subject. Linked by the interaction of man with nature this collection of essays and stories brings to life a way of existence unknown to modern city dwellers.
Roger can be found in the village 4 or 5 months a year between April and November.
His email address is rjinkin@mac.com
As well as from Amazon the books can be bought at the village shop and also from Nikos Alexiou Fotoprofil, Pigadia.