ISBN: 9781937679132 - in secret: versions of yannis ritsos (3 resultados)

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Yannis Ritsos (1909-1990), one of Greece's great poets, was nine times nominated for the Nobel Prize. In Secret gives the reader David Harsent's free versions, "re-imaginings," "adaptations"-a precious few of Yannis Ritsos' short lyrics. His books were publicly burned and he spent many years in prison or in island detention camps. Ritsos sometimes wrote at near-epic length, but much of his work consists of short lyrics: story-fragments, tiny psychodramas. "Harsent has an unmistakable, endlessly adaptable style, able to hit every tone on the scale, from leer to lament .Pain and loss light us through the darkness."- From The Guardian review of Harsent's Night by Frances Leviston The famous Greek poet now expertly translated in English Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. Very clean copy, appears unread.

Paperback. Condición: new. Paperback. Yannis Ritsos (1909-1990), one of Greece's great poets, was nine times nominated for the Nobel Prize. In Secret gives the reader David Harsent's free versions, "re-imaginings," "adaptations"-a precious few of Yannis Ritsos' short lyrics. His books were publicly burned and he spent many years in prison or in island detention camps. Ritsos sometimes wrote at near-epic length, but much of his work consists of short lyrics: story-fragments, tiny psychodramas. "Harsent has an unmistakable, endlessly adaptable style, able to hit every tone on the scale, from leer to lament .Pain and loss light us through the darkness."- From The Guardian review of Harsent's Night by Frances Leviston The famous Greek poet now expertly translated in English Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…