The Observatory: Selected Poems Of Dimitris Tsaloumas
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark collection in Australian and Greek literary tradition, The Observatory: Selected Poems of Dimitris Tsaloumas gathers the finest verse from one of the most distinctive poetic voices to bridge two cultures and two languages. Tsaloumas, born on the Greek island of Leros and later transplanted to Australia, crafts poetry that moves between the Mediterranean world of myth, memory, and exile and the stark, sun-bleached landscapes of his adopted homeland. The poems present a rich interior world suffused with elegy and irony, where the weight of classical heritage meets the disorientation of displacement, and where beauty and loss are rendered with equal precision. Written originally in Greek and translated into English, the selected works illustrate how language itself becomes a site of longing, as Tsaloumas meditates on identity, mortality, and the enduring power of the imagination. The collection stands as essential reading for anyone drawn to lyric poetry of philosophical depth and emotional resonance.
Author: Dimitris Tsaloumas
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, University of Queensland Press
Genre: Poetry
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner
A landmark collection in Australian and Greek literary tradition, The Observatory: Selected Poems of Dimitris Tsaloumas gathers the finest verse from one of the most distinctive poetic voices to bridge two cultures and two languages. Tsaloumas, born on the Greek island of Leros and later transplanted to Australia, crafts poetry that moves between the Mediterranean world of myth, memory, and exile and the stark, sun-bleached landscapes of his adopted homeland. The poems present a rich interior world suffused with elegy and irony, where the weight of classical heritage meets the disorientation of displacement, and where beauty and loss are rendered with equal precision. Written originally in Greek and translated into English, the selected works illustrate how language itself becomes a site of longing, as Tsaloumas meditates on identity, mortality, and the enduring power of the imagination. The collection stands as essential reading for anyone drawn to lyric poetry of philosophical depth and emotional resonance.