{"product_id":"the-axion-esti-9780822953180","title":"The Axion Esti","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Axion Esti \u003c\/i\u003eis probably the most widely read volume of verse to have appeared in Greece since World War II and remains a classic today. Those who follow the music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis have been especially drawn to Odysseus Elytis's work, his prose is widely considered a mirror to the revolutionary music of Theodorakis. The \"autobiographical\" elements are constantly colored by allusion to the history of Greece, thus, the poems express a contemporary consciousness fully resonant with those echoes of the past that have served most to shape the modern Greek experience.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOdysseus Elytis, one of the eminent contemporary poets of Greece, was born in Heraklion, Crete, in 1911. The poems in his many books have been translated into eleven languages.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544108110098,"sku":"9780822953180","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9178add6-d144-4f11-87d5-488ae2f67ced.jpg?v=1731520885","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-axion-esti-9780822953180","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}