THE FIRST DEATH - Couverture souple

Lyacos, Dimitris

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 191032387X ISBN 13 : 9781910323878

Editeur : Shoestring Press, 2017

Synopsis

Despite being first in the publication history of the Poena Damni trilogy, Dimitris Lyacos's The First Death is the latest installment of the narrative sequence. A booklet found by the protagonist of Z213: EXIT during the course of his voyage, The First Death tells the story of a marooned man on a desert island - or has him tell it. In a sequence of fourteen sections the crippled protagonist struggles for his survival.Through an inexhaustible fecundity of imagery and a sense of unquenchable vitality in the midst of denial and despair a relentless fight develops between the character and the elements, as well as his physical and mental disintegration. Lyacos brings to bear a formidable culture in which fragments of ancient Greek are embedded in a supple modern idiom, and a variety of classical and biblical references are seamlessly integrated into the text. The violence and intensity of his vision combined with the headlong energy of his verse reveal a tragic inner landscape. The protagonist here could be a modern Philoctetes or an inverted version of Crusoe; but as the ordeal on the island comes to an end one is not finally sure whether one has encountered simply a wretched stump of humanity or, rather, a proudly self-mutilated god.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shoestring Press
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 191032387X
• ISBN 13: 9781910323878
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 58
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible