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The Wound

By (author) David Harsent, By (author) C.V. Cavafy

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â€˜Versions of a great poetâ€™s work by another great poet provide fascinating examples of exchange, cross-over, transposition, modulation, sensitive homage and daring challenge. In Harsentâ€™s Cavafy, erotic loss and memory are pin-point sharp, while their expression is taut and thrillingly condensed. In the â€œdark depthâ€ of these lines we sense a Cavafy even closer to our own times, a voice lightly and convincingly interpreted, a vision to be pondered, savoured and enjoyed.â€™ John Kittmer â€˜The many readers who have found their way into Yannis Ritsosâ€™ poetry through David Harsentâ€™s acclaimed recreations will now find kindred qualities in this sequence made out of Cavafy. The Greek poetâ€™s obsession with love and loss has tended to come across somewhat insipidly in English versions: Harsentâ€™s inject a new and salutary note of bleakness.â€™ David Ricks