The Fourth Dimension

In the dramatic monologues that make up <strong>The Fourth Dimension</strong>especiallythose based on the grim history of Mycenae and its royal protagoniststhec... » 

In the dramatic monologues that make up The Fourth Dimensionespeciallythose based on the grim history of Mycenae and its royal protagoniststhecelebrated modern Greek poet Yannis Ritsos presents a timeless poetic paradigmof the condition of Greece past and present. The volume also contains a groupof modern narratives including the famous and muchanthologized MoonlightSonata. Ritsos rightly regarded the The Fourth Dimension as his finestachievement. It is now presented to English speaking readers for the firsttime in its entirety.From PhiloctetesAll the speeches of great men about the dead and about heroes. Astonishingawesome words pursued us even in our sleep slipping beneath closed doorsfrom the banqueting hallwhere glasses and voices sparkled and the veilof anunseen dancer rippled silentlylike a diaphanous whirling wallbetween life anddeath. This throbbingour childhood nights lightening the shadows ofshieldsetched on white walls by slow moonlight. «