C.P. Cavafy: The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics) [2008] paperback ART upon which this book is

upon which this book is based

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city

where it all began

And this year's going to be harder than most

triumphs and failures from Elizabeth I to Henry Kissinger on how to get to the top and stay there

C.P. Cavafy: The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics) [2008] paperback ART upon which this book is'a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe' E. M. Forster E. M. Forster's description of C. P. Cavafy (1863 1933) perfectly encapsulates the unique perspective Cavafy brought to bear on history and geography, sexuality and language in his poems. Cavafy writes about people on the periphery, whose religious, ethnic and cultural identities are blurred, and he was one of the pioneers in expressing a