Deaf Republic
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When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear - all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language.
Ilya Kaminsky je básnický redaktor časopisu Words Without Borders. Jeho díla často zkoumají témata ztráty, paměti a identity skrze inovativní a emocionálně rezonující verše. Jeho jedinečný styl spojuje lyriku s epickými prvky, čímž vytváří působivá literární díla.


When soldiers breaking up a protest kill a deaf boy, Petya, the gunshot becomes the last thing the citizens hear - all have gone deaf, and their dissent becomes coordinated by sign language.
Described as 'a rich, reverberative dance with memories of a haunted city' (LA Times), the poems of the prize-winning debut Dancing in Odessa by Ilya Kaminsky, author of Deaf Republic, draw on archetype, myth and Russian literary figures.