'What we call the soul...'

"Kushner is one of the best lyrical poets of the 20th century, and his name is destined to stand among the names dear to anyone whose native language is Russian," wrote Joseph Brodsky. "A poet of life in all its manifestations," in his work he follows the traditions of the "harmonious school" and Acmeism with its "beautiful clarity," attention to details, nuances, and little things that make up the stirring completeness of human life, its fragile, fleeting beauty. Alexander Kushner's poems have been awarded numerous literary prizes, translated into other languages, and set to music. The book presents selected works written in different years of his life and carefully selected by the author for this edition.