num_pages: 80
description: Cavafy's mythical world presents us with an image of the good life--the life of exquisite sensuality, refined tastes, and mixed faiths--that more often than not carries within it the ripening prospect of its own death; yet in his work there appears to be no other life more worthy of celebration.... As ironist and realist, his vision is readily translatable into the language of contemporary experience; and the commitment to hedonism, to political skepticism, and to honest self-awareness... anticipates the prevailing aura of our times.
language: English
title: Essential Cavafy
titlecomplete: Essential Cavafy (The Essential Poets Series)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 64
publisher: Ecco