Twenty-one short stories by prose writer G. Philippou Pierides from his collections entitled Still Times (1966), Hard Times (1963), A Time of Beatitude (1975) and A Time of Trial (1978), as well as three short stories, first reprinted here. The stories record in exemplary and masterful writing aspects of the history of Cyprus from the British rule to the 1974 Turkish invasion. The volume ends with a biographical note on Philippou Pierides, a leading intellectual and moral figure claiming an important chapter in Modern Greek prose.