1.0Aiora Presshttps://www.aiorabooks.com/it/theohttps://www.aiorabooks.com/it/author/theo/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="oLvPDBe9RX"><a href="https://www.aiorabooks.com/it/product/kostas-karyotakis-selected-poems/">Ballad for the Unsung Poets of the Ages</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.aiorabooks.com/it/product/kostas-karyotakis-selected-poems/embed/#?secret=oLvPDBe9RX" width="600" height="338" title="“Ballad for the Unsung Poets of the Ages” — Aiora Press" data-secret="oLvPDBe9RX" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.aiorabooks.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> https://www.aiorabooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/karyotakis_RGB.jpg15352421SELECTED POEMS AND PROSE Kostas Karyotakis Translated by Simon Darragh Introduction by Dimitris Daskalopoulos BILINGUAL EDITION That one came alone, from some place else. He came slowly, following his own path. A white angel with jet-black wings! Kostas Karyotakis is the poet most emblematic of the turbulent interwar period in Greece. Though traditional in form, usually with end-rhyme and regular metres, Karyotakis’ poetry is modern in content, often pessimistic and bitingly satirical. His writing combines reverie with sarcasm, a stifling sense of every­day reality with poignant irony. This is verse that is both piercing and resonant.