Iconostasis of Anonymous Saints
Ariostos the Observant Recounts Moments of his Life and Sleep: Such Strange Things: With a Nudge of the Elbow
Εικονοστάσιο ανωνύμων αγίων : Αρίοστος ο Προσεχτικός αφηγείται στιγμές του βίου του και του ύπνου του: Τι παράξενα πράματα: Με το σκούντημα του αγκώνα (τίτλος πρωτοτύπου)
Κυκλοφορεί
ISBN: 978-960-04-1202-4
Κέδρος, Αθήνα, 1996
Γλώσσα: Αγγλικά
Γλώσσα πρωτοτύπου: Ελληνική, Νέα
€ 14.20 (περ. ΦΠΑ 6%)
Βιβλίο, Χαρτόδετο
13 x 20 εκ., 379 γρ., 365 σελ.
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Περιγραφή

This work of Ritsos, is it a novel with an emphatic question-mark added by the poet himself? Is it a roman fleuve in the sense of Proust`s Remembrance of Things Past? Is it a wild prose-poetic fling in a `sarcastic climate`? Or is it an autobiography of Greece`s most human poet, whom Aragon hailed as the `greatest poet of his time`? And what about the strange title? How are the established Orthodox saints, traditionally decorating the panels near the altar, how are they replaced by anonymous human beings? - everyday people from Ritsos` neighbor-hood; members of his large family and simple inhabitants of Monemvasia; unassuming fellow-prisoners on exile islands and a closely-knit band of friends.
All these `anonymities` are skillfully counterpointed with the hero -Ion- and Ion`s alter ego -Ariostos- and woven into a fascinating tapestry of reminiscences and reflections, vivid memories from childhood and adolescence, speculations on Greece`s recent history, confessions bordering on psycho-analytical introspection, and, occasionally, surrealistic dreams. Ritsos` Iconostasis is embellished with an almost Joycean richness of words, including outrageous puns, unprecedented, though ineffably `poetic`, erotica and miraculous flights of language.
In the other two volumes, still to appear in English, Ritsos adds the finishing touches to his vast mosaic bringing his visionary cycle full circle.


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Book One: Ariostos the Observant Recounts Moments of His Life and Sleep
Book Two: Such Strange Things
Book Three: With a Nudge of the Elbow
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