âA lyrical and erotic reimagining of the gay Greek-Alexandrian poet C.P. Cavafyâs three-day trip to Paris in 1897 . . . dizzying, fevered and beautiful.â âThe Millions  Winner of the 2019 National Translation Award  In June 1897, the young Constantine Cavafy arrives in Paris on the last stop of a long European tour, a trip that will deeply shape his future and push him toward his poetic inclination. With this lyrical novel, tinged with a hallucinatory eroticism that unfolds over three unforgettable days, celebrated Greek author Ersi Sotiropoulos depicts Cavafy in the midst of a journey of self-discovery across a continent on the brink of massive change. He is by turns exhilarated and tormented by his homosexuality; the Greek-Turkish War has ended in Greeceâs defeat and humiliation; France is torn by the Dreyfus Affair, and Cavafyâs native Alexandria has surrendered to the indolent rhythms of the East. A stunning portrait of a budding authorâbefore he became one of the 20th centuryâs greatest poetsâthat illuminates the complex relationship of art, life, and the erotic desires that trigger creativity.  âA perfect book.â âEdmund White, author of A Boyâs Own Story âThe novel is as senÂsual as it is eruÂdite, a stirÂringly inÂtiÂmate exÂploÂration of the priÂvate, earthy place where creÂation commences.â âThe Wall Street Journal âA remarkable novel . . . both a radiant work of the imagination and a fitting tribute to the greatest Greek poet of the twentieth century.â âThe Times Literary Supplement âEngaging and original . . . powerfully erotic . . . This is a hallucinatory work of art, in every sense.â âThe Literary Review
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