Dimitris Yeros

There are things I like about this book. Though I don't know modern Greek, it seems to me that the translator brings new insights into Cavafy's work. I've read other translations and was pleased with these. There seems to be a trend in publishing now to omit the original work. That was the decision made in this book's design. From my perspective, it would have been both beautiful and helpful to have the Greek originals included. A few of Yeros' photographs are stunning and and invited me to think about the accompanying poem in a new way. Most, though, were simply beautiful photographs of beautiful men. No compalint about that, and it's well worth the few that opened my eyes to new appreciation of the poems.… (altro)