Quiet Spiders of the Hidden Soul

<p>This bilingual Ukrainian-English collection brings together the most interesting experimental works by Mykola (Nik) Bazhan one of the major Ukrainian poets of the twentieth century. As he moved from futurism to neoclassicism symbolism to socialist realism Bazhan consistently displayed a creative approach to theme versification and vocabulary. Many poems from his three remarkable early collections (1926 1927 and 1929) remain unknown to readers both in Ukraine and the West. Because Bazhan was later forced into the straitjacket of officially sanctioned socialist realism his early poetry has been neglected. This collection makes these outstanding works available for the first time.</p>