{"product_id":"9781937679132","title":"In Secret: Versions of Yannis Ritsos","description":"\u003cp\u003eYannis Ritsos (1909–1990), one of Greece’s great poets, was nine times nominated for the Nobel Prize. In Secret gives the reader David Harsent’s free versions, “re-imaginings,” “adaptations”—a precious few of Yannis Ritsos’ short lyrics. His books were publicly burned and he spent many years in prison or in island detention camps. Ritsos sometimes wrote at near-epic length, but much of his work consists of short lyrics: story-fragments, tiny psychodramas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Harsent has an unmistakable, endlessly adaptable style, able to hit every tone on the scale, from leer to lament . . . Pain and loss light us through the darkness.” — From The Guardian review of Harsent’s Night by Frances Leviston\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sheep Meadow Press, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058320130288,"sku":"9781937679132","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781937679132_p0.jpg?v=1763661640","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781937679132","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}