{"product_id":"constantine-cavafy-gregory-jusdanis-9780374610425","title":"Constantine Cavafy: A New Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA long-awaited and much-anticipated biography of one of the great modern poets.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis life study shows Constantine Cavafy as a flawed genius who sacrificed love to change the course of world poetry. Seeking to capture the complexities of Cavafy's life and art, Gregory Jusdanis and Peter Jeffreys approach the biography thematically. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book begins in an Alexandria hospital in 1933 where the poet lies dying, surrounded by friends. In rich detail, it chronicles his family, the viscidities of their fortunes, and their eventual poverty as they leave Egypt and move to Liverpool, London, and Istanbul. As the poet reaches adulthood, the biography centers on his beloved Alexandria, the city that nourished his imagination and became for him a metaphor of both his poetry and modern life. The authors then examine the poet's relationships with his teenage companions, his friends of middle age, and those individuals in later life whom he enlisted in his steadfast pursuit of fame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eConstantine Cavafy: A New Biography\u003c\/i\u003e also looks closely at Cavafy's poetry and artistic journey, from his early poetic experiments to his startling reinvention in middle age, when he renounced much of what he had written and developed a new poetics, which the world now recognizes as Cavafian. The study ends with the poet's memorial service, when his literary heir tries to untangle Cavafy's contradictions and safeguard the legacy of the man who risked everything for a global reputation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gregory Jusdanis, Peter Jeffreys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0374610428\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374610425\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"Gregory Jusdanis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46838542631167,"sku":"9780374610425","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_915c323c-58f0-4a80-9f28-86a114e04a36.jpg?v=1746590156","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/constantine-cavafy-gregory-jusdanis-9780374610425","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}