Thanassis Valtinos: New Moon: Day One

A Greek provincial town's central square becomes a stage-set across and around which a variety of scenes unfold that both illuminate the historical setting and awaken the viewer's sensitivities. Reality and imagination blend and overlap in Valtinos's teenage heroes' ceaseless obsessions, the new moon remaining a constant leitmotif--with all its implications of eroticism and new beginnings--throughout the action. The author's fine artistry is deftly rendered by his seasoned translators.