The Erratics Mendelsohn--a classicist who alone among

Mendelsohn--a classicist who alone among Cavafy's translators shares the poet's deep intimacy with the ancient world--gives readers full access to the genius of Cavafy's verse: the sensuous rhymes

as well as a disabled child's choice not to answer

A brilliant and visionary argument for America's role as an enforcer of peace and order throughout the world--and what is likely to happen if we withdraw and focus our attention inward

bring words to the poet

This led Bridgett to ask the simple

The Erratics Mendelsohn--a classicist who alone amongThe Erratics Publisher: Anchor Canada EAN: 9780385695282 ISBN: 0385695284 Synopsis: In this award winning memoir, two sisters reckon with the convalescence and death of their outlandishly tyrannical mother and the care of their psychologically terrorized father, all relayed with dark humour and brutal honesty. When Vicki and her sister learn their mother has been hospitalized for a broken hip, they return to their parents' home in Alberta to put