C.P. Cavafy: Complete Poems

(Alfred A. Knopf) This single volume contains the complete poems of the Alexandrian Greek Poet Constantine Cavafy (1863-1933), including the first English translation of the poet’s final Unfinished Poems. Cavafy’s works explore longing, loneliness, fate, loss, memory, and identity. This volume also includes the fullest literary commentaries available in English, by Mendelsohn. Mendelsohn is an award-winning author, critic, and translator, and is a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and The New York Review of Books.