Barnstone, Aliki; Cavafy, C. P.

The Collected Poems of CP Cavafy - A New Translation : A New Translation

A collection of satirical and intimate poems by the early twentieth-century writer draws on ancient Greek traditions and includes pieces presented from the vantage points of such characters as a spoiled rich boy who plans to enter politics and a pure and ostracized youth who is being destroyed by social mores and poverty.