 Poena Damni is the most widely and best reviewed work of contemporary Greek literature in translation with its various editions having received 66 international reviews until autumn 2019, and acknowledged as "one of the most-discussed and most-lauded pieces of contemporary European literature".It has been acclaimed for creatively surpassing the distinction between modernism and postmodernism despite it being firmly founded on a large variety of canonical texts of Western Literature.Most critics comment on the use of an intricate network of textual references and paraphrases of classical and biblical works, noting, at the same time, the work's unique style and character.