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Book Title: Ritsos in Parentheses
Number of Pages: 204 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Poetry, Ancient & Classical
Item Height: 0.7 in
Genre: Literary Criticism, Poetry
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Author: Yannis Ritsos
Item Length: 9.1 in
Book Series: The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation Ser.
Item Width: 6.7 in
Format: Hardcover
