{"title":"Odysseus Elytis","description":"Odysseus 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.","products":[{"product_id":"the-axion-esti-paperback","title":"The Axion Esti - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378341282015,"sku":"9780822953180","price":21.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/y2zMH_rKlu9780822953180.webp?v=1789254444"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/odysseus-elytis.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}