· The First Death. (extracts) Poem by Dimitris Lyacos. Read Dimitris Lyacos poem:Shoestring Press, Nottingham, www.doorway.ru: Dimitris Lyacos. By Dimitris Lyacos. Price: £ ISBN: 1 43 0. Translated by Shorsha Sullivan. The First Death is the third book in the narrative trilogy Poena Damni. This English version has been translated by Shorsha Sullivan and includes illustrations. Here’s what the critics have to say. Despite being first in the publication history of the Poena Damni trilogy, Dimitris Lyacos’s The First Death is the latest installment of the narrative sequence. A booklet found by the protagonist of Z EXIT during the course of his voyage, The First Death tells the story of a marooned man on a desert island – or has him tell it.5/5(4).
Dimitris Lyacos: Poena Damni: I: Z Exit; II: With the People from the Bridge; III: The First Death Translated from the original Greek by Shorsha Sullivan. Follow the news these days, or take even a casual glance at social media, and you can easily be led to believe we are living in a hyper-chaotic era. Dimitris Lyacos is the highly acclaimed author of the Poena Damni trilogy (Z EXIT, With The People From The Bridge, The First Death).The trilogy, in its current form, developed as a work in progress over the course of thirty years with subsequent editions and excerpts appearing in journals around the world, as well as in dialogue with a diverse range of sister projects it inspired - drama. Dimitris LYACOS (poet, playwright; Greece/Italy) is the author of the cross- genre trilogy Poena Damni, which includes Z ΕΞΟΔΟΣ [Z EXIT] (published in English in ), ΜΕ ΤΟΥΣ ΑΝΘΡΩΠΟΥΣ ΑΠΟ ΤΗ ΓΕΦΥΡΑ [With the People From the Bridge], and Ο ΠΡΩΤΟΣ ΘΑΝΑΤΟΣ [The First Death]. The trilogy has been translated into six languages, and staged in.
In Dimitris Lyacos’s The First Death densely layered fragments fluidly reference the Bible and Classical Greek literature. The white space around these passages heighten the stark sense of loneliness present in the book. The desperation in this book explores a thanatic urge through multiple vectors. The First Death is a book by Dimitris www.doorway.ru is part of the Poena Damni trilogy. The book tells the story of a marooned man on a desert island in a sequence of fourteen poem-sections, recounting his relentless struggle for survival as well as his physical and mental disintegration. Despite being first in the publication history of the Poena Damni trilogy, Dimitris Lyacos’s The First Death is the latest installment of the narrative sequence. A booklet found by the protagonist of Z EXIT during the course of his voyage, The First Death tells the story of a marooned man on a desert island – or has him tell it.
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