[Yannis Ritsos]. In Secret: Versions of Yannis Ritsos. ["Translated" and edited by] David Harsent. London: Enitharmon Press, 2012. 79 p. <Poetry>

ISBN 1907587217 pbk; 9781907587214 pbk

Includes: "A Break in Routine" (p. 9); "1972" (p. 10); "The Accused" (p. 11); "Midnight" (p. 12); "Waiting for Daybreak" (p. 13); "Women" (p. 14); "The Writing Table" (p. 15); "The Visitor" (p. 16); "The Trial" (p. 17); "The Box" (p. 18); "In Secret" (p. 19); "On Colour" (p. 20); "Ritual" (p. 21); "The Bell" (p. 22); "The Crane Dance" (p. 23); "The View" (p. 24); "The Wound" (p. 25); "Here Is the News" (p. 26); "from Agamemnon" [Αγαμέμνων] (p. 27); "The Dead House" (pp. 28-30); "The Acrobat" (p. 31); "Almost" (p. 32); "Blocked" (p. 33); "XIX Tristichs" (pp. 34-36); "Double" (p. 37); "Feverish" (p. 38); "from The Bridge" [Η γέφυρα] (p. 39); "Gravity" (p. 40); "Night-Wind" (p. 41); "from Hints" [Νύξεις] (pp. 42-43); "The Kiss" (p. 44); "The Envelope" (p. 45); "Lopsided" (p. 46); "Losing Hand" (p. 47); "Morning" (p. 48); "Penelope" (p. 49); "Suddenly" (p. 50); "from Philoctetes" [Φιλοκτήτης] (p. 51); "XX Tristichs" (pp. 52-54); "The Mirror" (p. 55); "The Shirts" (p. 56); "The Wax Museum" (p. 57); "Three-Storey House with Basement" (p. 58); "Through the Window" (p. 59); "Don't Ask" (p. 60); "The Cure" (p. 61); "Archaeology" (p. 62); "The Same Star" (p. 63); "The Least of It" (p. 64); "Evidence" (p. 65); "The One-Armed Man" (p. 66); "from Helen" [Η Ελένη] (p. 67); "On the Subject of Colour" (p. 68); "The Potter" (p. 69); "Trapped" (p. 70); "Reversals" (p. 71); "The Night" (p. 72); "Rain" (p. 73); "The Black Boat" (p. 74); "The Last Summer" (p. 75).

Afterword (pp. 76-79).

Note: "A version is an attempt to re-imagine the piece, to test its pulse, to make a new poem in English that delivers its truth while ignoring the apparent truth that lies in precise representation. That transformation is what I have attempted here."

Also Rhinebeck, NY: The Sheep Meadow Press, University Press of New England, 2013. 84 p. (ISBN 1937679136; 9781937679132).