The First Death
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| Author(s) | Dimitris Lyacos |
| Original title | Ο πρώτος θάνατος |
| Translator | Shorsha Sullivan |
| Cover artist | Fritz Unegg |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Poetry Postmodernism |
| Publisher | Shoestring Press |
| Publication date | March 23, 2000 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 37 pages |
| ISBN | 978-1899549429 |
| OCLC Number | 45991303 |
| Preceded by | Nyctivoe </gr>(2001) |
Dimitris Lyacos’s The First Death is the latest installment of a narrative sequence entitled Poena Damni.
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The book was originally published in Greek in 1996 and has been translated in English, German,Spanish and Italian. Its two predecessors depict the Odysseus-like wanderings of a figure who, in postmodern style, labors to create the world he explores.
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In the First Death, the result of his voyaging is that he himself is on the verge of dissolution, a castaway who is also an abortion, dying before he has ever achieved birth.[1]
Oblique classical references are embedded in the text such as the presence of Orpheus, suggested by images of dismemberment, and echoes of Dionysos.[2].
