C.P. Cavafy: The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics) [2008] paperback ART and dreams of finding his

and dreams of finding his real father

And this year's going to be harder than most

The spirit of riot and rebellion has awakened in the city

charm and smouldering attraction

where it all began

C.P. Cavafy: The Collected Poems with parallel Greek text (Oxford World's Classics) [2008] paperback ART and dreams of finding his'a Greek gentleman in a straw hat, standing absolutely motionless at a slight angle to the universe' E. M. Forster E. M. Forster's description of C. P. Cavafy (1863 1933) perfectly encapsulates the unique perspective Cavafy brought to bear on history and geography, sexuality and language in his poems. Cavafy writes about people on the periphery, whose religious, ethnic and cultural identities are blurred, and he was one of the pioneers in expressing a