Imagining Alexandria: Poems in Memory of C.P. Cavafy
Author(s): Louis de Bernieres
Poetry was Louis de Bernieres' first literary love and Imagining Alexandria is his debut poetry collection. Here the author of the much-loved Captain Corelli's Mandolin returns us to the vivid Mediterranean landscape of his fiction. De Bernieres was introduced to Greek poetry while in Corfu in 1983, and since then he has always travelled with a book of Cavafy's poetry in his pocket. Not surprisingly, his own poems about the distant past, the erotic and the philosophical owe much to the influence of the great Alexandrian poet. Beautifully illustrated with line drawings by Donald Sammut, this is a collection rich in sensuality, nostalgia, and music.
General Information
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- : Vintage
- : Harvill Secker
- : 0.567
- : 01 July 2013
- : 204mm X 132mm
- : United Kingdom
- : 01 September 2013
- : books
Other Specifications
- : Louis de Bernieres
- : Hardback
- : Sep-13
- : Donald Sammut
- : Donald Sammut
- : 821.914
- : 112
- : Black and white
- : Black and white
More About The Product
A gift book of poems from author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Louis de Bernieres, beautifully illustrated with line drawings
Louis de Bernieres is the best-selling author of Captain Corelli's Mandolin, which won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize. His most recent books are Birds Without Wings and A Partisan's Daughter and a collection of stories, Notwithstanding. Donald Sammut is a hand surgeon, anatomist and illustrator based in Bath.