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The third collection of original poetry in Greek by the Cypriot author Iakovos Menelaou. The poems in this volume reflect the conditions of life in Greece and Cyprus during the current period of austerity which started in 2009.

The first half of the book is devoted to the poetry of Yannis Ritsos and includes several of his longer poems in their entirety. In the second half are selections of mainly shorter by poems by the other five poets, although it includes Gatsos' long poem "Amorgos".

Three successive drafts of what became the novel TUNC, edited and published for the first time: "The Village of Turtle-doves", "The Placebo: An Attic Comedy" and "Dactyl".

A selection of mainly late poems by Lawrence Durrell which were not included in COLLECTED POEMS 1931-1974, but appeared only in prose works and have not been collected before. Poems drawn from SPIRIT OF PLACE, SICILIAN CAROUSEL, THE AVIGNON QUINTET and CAESAR'S VAST GHOST. Edited by Peter Baldwin.

A selection of the poems of Sappho and other Ancient Greek authors translated into English verse by Theodore Stephanides, with facing Greek texts from editions which correspond closely to the translations. There is a substantial introduction and extensive notes by the editor, Anthony Hirst.

Three plays by Greece's most important modern dramatist. The Courtyard of Wonders (1957) and The Four Legs of the Table (1978) explore social issues still with a powerful resonance today from the perspective of the poor and wealthy respectively. Ibsenland, is development of the characters of Pastor Manders and Mrs Alving from Ibsen's Ghosts.

First English translation of a Greek novella first published in 1920 by the Corfiot author Konstantinos Theotokis. A tragi-comedy of Corfiot village life.