| View Larger Image | The Axion Esti
by Odysseus Elytis
by Edmund Keeley, George Savidis
| | List Price: | $18.50 |  | | 8 New starting at: | $13.30 | | 1 Used starting at: | $18.15 | | | | | Sales Rank: | 1235127 | | Studio: | Anvil Press Poetry | | | Binding: | Paperback | | Number Of Pages: | 112 | | Publication Date: | December 20, 2007 | | Publisher: | Anvil Press Poetry |
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CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 1 review)
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...Light Life Love... 
Resplendent. All that I have tried to accomplish in my writing is crystallized by this tender-voiced poet. Here, he takes the elemental power of beauty found in nature, youth and man, and restructures the reality of time. He weaves a personal mythology, integrating surrealism and Greek history. It is impossible to describe the affect and style of this work which alternates between prose, free verse and complex, metered verse. The eternal conflict and balance between Light and Dark is chronicled. Elytis speaks with a universality that transcends war and history specific to Greece--his message is applicable to all peoples and times. Moving, tragic, humorous, dark and beautiful, The Axion Esti celebrates Light, Life and Love. Stin archi to Fos kai i ora i proti, pou ta cheili akoma ston pilo dokimazoun ta pragmata tou kosmou...
May 15, 1998 | |
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