The City (poem)
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The City is an 1894 poem by Constantin Cavafy
. Originally written in Greek, an English translation appears in the appendix of the Lawrence Durrell
novel Justine
(Faber and Faber, 1957); Cavafy is a character in the work. The narrator of Justine refers to his translation of the poem "The City" as "by no means literal" (page 221).
Constantine P. Cavafy
Constantine P. Cavafy, also known as Konstantin or Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis, or Kavaphes was a renowned Greek poet who lived in Alexandria and worked as a journalist and civil servant...
. Originally written in Greek, an English translation appears in the appendix of the Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer, though he resisted affiliation with Britain and preferred to be considered cosmopolitan...
novel Justine
Justine (novel)
Justine, published in 1957, is the first volume in Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria Quartet. Justine is one of four interlocking novels which each tell various aspects of a complex story of passion and deception from various points of view...
(Faber and Faber, 1957); Cavafy is a character in the work. The narrator of Justine refers to his translation of the poem "The City" as "by no means literal" (page 221).