Product Description

The spellbinding verse of one of the most distinctive poetic voices of the twentieth century

Although the Greek poet Constantine Cavafy died in obscurity, today he is regarded as one of the most original of twentieth-century poets. Whether conjuring moments from Alexandria’s ancient past, lyrically evoking homosexual trysts, or painting exquisite miniatures of everyday life, his poems exude a striking inventiveness and staggering beauty, qualities that are preserved here in Avi Sharon’s sensitive translations.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3162743 in Books
• Published on: 1999-06
• Original language: Greek
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 56 pages

Review
At Rest In Verse
At The Cafe Door
Candles
Cavafy In Alexandria
Come Back
Days Of 1903
Expecting The Barbarians
Footsteps
Grey
He Came To Read
He Swears
I Went
In A Town Of Osroini
Ionian
Ithaka
Long Ago
The Month Of Athyr
Nero's Deadline
On Board Ship
One Evening
One Night
One Of Their Gods
Remember, Body
Rites Of Passage
Since Nine O'clock
So Much Beauty
That House
Thermopylae
This City
Those Who Fought For The Achaian League
The Tobacco Shop
Tomb Of Iasis
Voices
Windows
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Review
“One of the greatest poets of our time.”
—E. M. Forster

“ Ever since I was first introduced to his poetry . . . Cavafy has remained an influence on my writing.”
—W. H. Auden

Language Notes
Text: English, Greek (translation)

Customer Reviews

Timeless Verse
I really like these poems, although they are classics they hold a very modern conversational quality to them.