Larissa Miller is one of Russia's most highly-regarded writers -
novelist, essayist and poet - and this selection from her
collection "Between the Cloud and the Pit" (1999) spans her poetic
output from the 1960s to the millennium. "Guests of Eternity" is a
presentation, in chronological order, of poems written (but not
published) in the three decades preceding glasnost' as well as the
final decade of the twentieth century. Here are political poems
from the '70s and '80s which speak openly about the horrors of the
Soviet system, others which comment directly on purges and torture,
and yet more which convey the struggle to grow and mature with
one's soul intact in a world of suffering.Yet throughout this book,
as Sasha Dugdale points out in her introduction, there are moments
of hope, of a spiritual - even religious - dimension that afford
glimpses of a transcendent world and bring peace of mind to the
beleaguered soul. Larissa Miller is a consummate technician,
combining simple words with complicated and intricate rhythms to
produce apparently effortless poetry which succeeds in elevating
the ordinary and commonplace to a higher plane. Described by her
translator Richard McKane as 'a poet of all seasons, not only of
the natural world, but of the soul', Larissa Miller writes with an
intensity and a lyricism that is compelling, mesmerising and
unforgettable.
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