The Clouds of Ioannina is a collection of writings inspired by the multicultural history of northwestern Greece. In the early 20th century,
before the region of Epirus changed hands from the Ottoman Empire to the Kingdom of Greece, the regional seat of Ioannina was home to a community of
Romaniote, Greek-speaking Jews, who have all but vanished from the land.
The Clouds of Ioannina chronicles episodes of a community facing a long, losing battle with cultural survival. The book's e ...