Bi-lingual edition: Russian/German. Poetry of East Prussia.

It is 1918: the Russian Revolution has just ended, Ukraine is in the midst of civil war, and in Kiev, the two Turbin brothers are preparing to fight for the White Guard in the wake of their beloved mother’s death. Friends charge in from the streets amid an atmosphere of heady chaos, downing vodka, keeling over, taking baths, playing the guitar, falling in love. But the new regime is poised for...

Leon Toom translatedEuropean poetry into Russia. Died in 1969 under mysterious circumstances. This book contains some of his translations, as well as, some of his original poems.