Essays

Εν λευκώ

Author: Odysseas Elytis

In front of the ridge of Serifos, when the sun rises, the cannons of all the great worldviews misfire. The mind is surpassed by a few waves and some stones – something absurd perhaps, yet capable of...

In front of the ridge of Serifos, when the sun rises, the cannons of all the great worldviews misfire. The mind is surpassed by a few waves and some stones – something absurd perhaps, yet capable of bringing man to his true dimensions.

Because, what else would be more useful for him to live? If he likes to start wrong, it is because he does not want to...

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In front of the ridge of Serifos, when the sun rises, the cannons of all the great worldviews misfire. The mind is surpassed by a few waves and some stones – something absurd perhaps, yet capable of bringing man to his true dimensions.

Because, what else would be more useful for him to live? If he likes to start wrong, it is because he does not want to listen. Unbeknownst to him, the Aegean says and repeats, for thousands of years, with the voice of the surf, along a coastline that is boundless: this is you!

And it repeats the shape of the fig leaf above the sky, captures it, and the pomegranate clenches its fist until it bursts, the cicadas orchestrate it until they become transparent.

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Author
Odysseas Elytis
Publisher
Ikaros
Language
Greek
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
428
Release Date
2/1995
Publication Date
1995
Dimensions
17x25 cm
ISBN-13
9789607233264

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In front of the ridge of Serifos, when the sun rises, the cannons of all the great worldviews misfire. The mind is surpassed by a few waves and some stones – something absurd perhaps, yet capable of bringing man to his true dimensions.

Because, what else would be more useful for him to live? If he likes to start wrong, it is because he does not want to listen. Unbeknownst to him, the Aegean says and repeats, for thousands of years, with the voice of the surf, along a coastline that is boundless: this is you!

And it repeats the shape of the fig leaf above the sky, captures it, and the pomegranate clenches its fist until it bursts, the cicadas orchestrate it until they become transparent.

(...)

[Excerpt from the publisher's presentation text or edition]

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Author
Odysseas Elytis
Publisher
Ikaros
Language
Greek
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
428
Release Date
2/1995
Publication Date
1995
Dimensions
17x25 cm
ISBN-13
9789607233264

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