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

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