Stroebel, William. Literature’s Refuge. Rewriting the Mediterranean Borderscape. Translation/Transnation. Princeton & Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2025. xxii, 294 p. 20 b/w illus. 12 tables.

ISBN9780691266046 hbk; 9780691266053 pbk; 97806912.66091 (e-book: EPUB or PDF via App) 

Winner of the Edmund Keeley Book Prize, Modern Greek Studies Association.

Contents: Acknowledgements (pp. xi-xiv); Preface (pp. xv-xix); Note on Transliteration and Translation (pp. xxi-xxii).

Introduction (pp. 1-34); Ch. One, in which Sani and his readers save the nightingale (pp. 35-67); Ch. Two, in which Cavafy is scattered and gathered up and scattered again (pp. 68-115); Ch. Three, in which witnesses to war tell their truths (pp. 116-162); Ch. Four, in which displaced books make a place (pp. 163-195); Ch. Five, in which the script is rewritten (pp. 196-238); Afterword (pp. 239-243).

Notes (pp. 245-265); Bibliography (pp. 267-286); Index (pp. 287-294).