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A Voice of Resilience and Hope: Selected Poems (1935-1989)

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An anthology of poems in Greek and English covering the full range of Yannis Ritsos' work. The poems selected for translation and inclusion in this volume focus not only on the individual's struggle to maintain his dignity in a world of social and political turmoil, but also, more importantly, on the belief and hope that freedom, justice, and love will prevail. With an extensive introduction and notes by the translator.

Contents


Prefatory Note

p. XVII


Acknowledgments

p. XIX


A Note on the Translator

p. XXI


Introduction

p. XXIII

1. from

TRIAL (1935 - 1943) - ΔΟΚΙΜΑΣΙΑ

p. 35


Midday Summer Dream (1938) - (Selected Parts)  - Ὄνειρο Καλοκαιρινοῦ Μεσημεριοῦ - (Ἐπιλογἐς)

p. 37

2. from

NOTES IN THE MARGINS OF TIME (1938 - 1941) - ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΑ ΠΕΡΙΘΩΡΙΑ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΟΝΟΥ

p. 51


Succession

p. 53


North Summer Wind

p. 53


Naked

p. 55


April

p. 55


Brass Engraving

p. 55


Duty

p. 57


Silent Separation

p. 57


At the Barracks

p. 59


The Defeated

p. 59


The Hill

p. 61


Exchange

p. 63


Fear of Life

p. 63


A Small Invitation

p. 65


Analogies

p. 67


Delay

p. 67


Childlike

p. 69


Myth

p. 69

3. from

PARENTHESES I (1946 - 1947) - ΠΑΡΕΝΘΕΣΕΙΣ Ι

p. 71


Hunger

p. 73


A face

p. 73


Maybe, Some Day

p. 75


Remolding

p. 77


Suddenly

p. 77


Afternoon

p. 79


Understanding

p. 81


Miniature

p. 83


Women

p. 85


The Same Star

p. 87


Can You?

p. 89


We Wait

p. 91


Conclusion

p. 91


The Thanks

p. 93


The Meaning of Simplicity

p. 93

4. from

PETRIFIED TIME (1949) - ΠΕΤΡΙΝΟΣ ΧΡΟΝΟΣ

p. 95


Noontime

p. 97


Always

p. 99


Moon

p. 101


The Roots of the World

p. 105

5. from

EXERCISES (1950 - 1960) - ΑΣΚΗΣΕΙΣ

p. 107


Light

p. 109


Isolation

p. 109


Unspeakable

p. 111


Shadow

p. 111


The Statues

p. 113


Deadly Victory

p. 113


A Small Loneliness

p. 115


Fulfillment

p. 115


Spring Again

p. 117


Exchanges

p. 117


Daybreak

p. 119


Same as Always

p. 119


Only This

p. 121


Community

p. 121


A Small Adventure of a Tightrope Walker

p. 123


Freedom

p. 125

6. from

VIGILANCE (1949 - 1953) - ΑΓΡΥΠΝΙΑ

p. 127


Skirmish VIII (1952) - Ἀκροβολισμός

p. 129

7. from

TESTIMONIES I (1957 - 1963) - ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΕΣ Α

p. 135


That's Precisely Why

p. 137


Moment of Reverence

p. 137


Scrutiny

p. 139


The Besieged and the Besiegers

p. 139


Builders

p. 141


Isolation

p. 143


Daily Occurences

p. 143


The Bucket

p. 145


The Humble Man

p. 145


The Spider

p. 147


A Tree

p. 147


The Pulley

p. 149


Knocking

p. 151


Ancient Theater

p. 153

8. from

ARCHITECTURE OF TREES (1958) - ΑΡΧΙΤΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΔΕΝΤΡΩΝ

p. 155


A) Portraits of an Ancient Rain  I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX

p. 157


B) Breathing  I, II, III

p. 174

9. from

TESTIMONIES II (1964 - 1965) - ΜΑΡΤΥΡΙΕΣ Β

p. 179


Liberated

p. 181


Transparent Month

p. 183


The Jester

p. 183


The Village of Kastania

p. 183


Among the Ruins

p. 185


Surfacing

p. 185


The Wash

p. 187


Recollection

p. 189


The Well

p. 191


Effusive

p. 193


Small Confession

p. 193


The Untamed

p. 195


Guild

p. 195


His Find

p. 197


The Days of an Invalid

p. 197


Approximately

p. 199


The Bread

p. 199


The Virgin

p. 201


Gift

p. 201


Second Coming

p. 203

10. from

RAILING (1968 - 1969) - ΚΙΓΚΛΙΔΩΜΑ

p. 205


Contrivances

p. 207


Depiction

p. 209


Again Little Eleni

p. 209


Pledge

p. 211


Blood

p. 211


Greece

p. 213


Rebirth

p. 215

11. from

THE WALL IN THE MIRROR (1967 - 1971) - Ο ΤΟΙΧΟΣ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΟΝ ΚΑΘΡΕΦΤΗ

p. 217


General View

p. 219


Delight

p. 219


In a Hurry

p. 221


Our Land

p. 221


Evening Procession

p. 223


Return

p. 223


Dangers

p. 225


The Yard

p. 227


Not Even

p. 227


This One Yes

p. 229


Raid

p. 229

12. from

GESTURES (1969-1970) - ΧΕΙΡΟΝΟΜΙΕΣ

p. 231


The Other City

p. 235


The Usual Contradictions

p. 235


Slackness

p. 237


Unnatural Blossoming

p. 239


Masquerade

p. 241

13. from

CORRIDOR AND STAIRS (1970) - ΔΙΑΔΡΟΜΟΣ ΚΑΙ ΣΚΑΛΑ

p. 243


Perforation

p. 245


Manifestations of Emptiness

p. 247


Whitewash

p. 249


At the Moment of Ascent

p. 249


Extinction

p. 251


One Drop

p. 251


Common Combats

p. 253


After the Ordeal

p. 255


Panorama

p. 257


Precautions

p. 259


The Essentials

p. 259

14. from

CROSS SECTION (1971) - ΚΑΤΟΨΗ

p. 261


These

p. 263


All Three

p. 263


With All Means

p. 265


Clarity

p. 267


Preparation

p. 269


No Excuses

p. 271


Judgement Time

p. 273


Sincerity

p. 273


This Way

p. 275


Silently

p. 277


Gathering

p. 279


Bad Imitation

p. 281


Complete

p. 283


Free-dom

p. 285

15. from

DOORMAN'S BOOTH (1971) - ΘΥΡΩΡΕΙΟ

p. 287


If

p. 289


Preservation

p. 291


Resurrection

p. 293


Response

p. 295


Wells and People

p. 297


Strange Times

p. 299


Moving

p. 301


Decay

p. 303


Mistakes

p. 305


Buildings

p. 307


Celestial Sympathy

p. 309

16. from

MUFFLED (1972) - ΥΠΟΚΩΦΑ

p. 311


Noontime

p. 313


Small Promise

p. 313


After the Parade

p. 315


Freezing Cold

p. 315


Real

p. 317


Apparitions

p. 319


Familiar Hiding Places

p. 321


Amputation

p. 321


Among the Blind

p. 323


Alteration Process

p. 325


Wounded or Dead

p. 327


Spring Noon

p. 329


Sad Cunning

p. 331


Out of Place

p. 333


The End of the Performance

p. 335

17. from

THE DISTANT (1975) - ΤΟ ΜΑΚΡΙΝΟ

p. 337


Reconstruction

p. 339


The Distant

p. 341


Almost Complete

p. 341


Thanks

p. 343


Toward Saturday

p. 343


Winter Sunshine

p. 345


The Statues in the Cemeteries

p. 347


Attack

p. 349


Brief Dialogue

p. 349


Testimonies

p. 351


Doubtful Stature

p. 351

18. from

THE NEGATIVES OF SILENCE (1987) - ΤΑ ΑΡΝΗΤΙΚΑ ΤΗΣ ΣΙΩΠΗΣ

p. 353


The Uninvited

p. 355


Failure

p. 355


Only This

p. 357


Out of Jail?

p. 357


Hypothermia

p. 359


Outcast

p. 361


Keeping Time

p. 361


The Poet

p. 363


Fatherland

p. 363


As an Epilogue

p. 365

19. from

THE BARE TREE (1987) - ΤΟ ΓΥΜΝΟ ΔΕΝΤΡΟ

p. 369


Desolation

p. 371


Small Chronicle

p. 373


This Image

p. 375


Restoration

p. 377


Unfeasible Escape

p. 379


Autumn Duty

p. 381


Copy

p. 383


Open Discussion

p. 385


Work Table

p. 387


Nothing More

p. 389


Vigilance

p. 391


Moments of Rain

p. 393


A Strange House

p. 395


Blown Out Lamp

p. 397

20. from

LATE, VERY LATE INTO THE NIGHT (1988) - ΑΡΓΑ, ΠΟΛΥ ΑΡΓΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΣΤΗ ΝΥΧΤΑ

p. 401


Simultaneously

p. 403


Persuasion

p. 403


Miscellaneous Items

p. 405


Ambiguous Motion

p. 407


In Time of Rain

p. 409


Something Abides

p. 409


A Flowershop

p. 411


And the Poem

p. 411


Tilled Soil

p. 413


The Black Boat

p. 413

21. from

BOAT WHISTLES (1989) - ΣΦΥΡΙΓΜΑΤΑ ΠΛΟΙΩΝ

p. 417


The Last Summer

p. 419


Product Description

Paperback:

423 Pages

Publisher:

Holy Cross Orthodox Press

ISBN:

978-0-917653-52-0

Product Dimensions:

6.7 x 9.5 x 1.1 inches

Author:

Yannis Ritsos

Publication Year:

2001

Translator:

George Pilitsis

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