Grab the Nearest Buoy: On Dimitris Lyacos’ Poena Damni

Asymptote Journal

Published: Mar 2019
Location: London
Reviewed by: Garrett Phelps
Review of books: THE FIRST DEATH, Z213: EXIT

How did a book of Greek poetry become one of the most-discussed and most-lauded pieces of contemporary European literature? Garrett Phelps, Assistant Managing Editor at Asymptote, explains what makes Dimitris Lyacos’ Poena Damni trilogy is so unusual—and so difficult to describe.

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