The Russian Version Komijnsplitsers Ostensibly a poem about death

Ostensibly a poem about death

NRC Handelsblad prees in 1987 de 'treffende beelden

maar ook geluk en geborgenheid in ‘de echte wereld’ van avontuurlijke jeugdboeken vindt

a backward glance and elegy

Lorine Niedecker

The Russian Version Komijnsplitsers Ostensibly a poem about deathElena Fanailova Translated from the Russian by Genya Turovskaya and Stephanie Sandler. The Russian Version is a collection of poems that spans Russia's post Soviet era. Acclaimed journalist and poet, Elena Fanailova tells stories about the various social layers of a stratified and conflicted nation, reclaiming the poet's role as social critic, while scrutinizing her own position as citizen and poet. Fanailova's political lyricism casts personal pain