tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post1104571078525727447..comments2024-03-27T23:55:17.673-07:00Comments on Flogging Babel: "No, River Ice Is Breaking..."Michael Swanwickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18389836784776252022noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-18030197567149227512017-04-05T23:38:59.069-07:002017-04-05T23:38:59.069-07:00> And what did he do? Smile and nod, say nice t...> And what did he do? Smile and nod, say nice things, and go drinking with fishermen in Alaska. Afterward, he said that was the best part of America.<br /><br />I don't know anything of Yevtushenko myself, but in the light of your comment above...<br /><br />https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/04/05/an-empty-saddle-for-yevtushenko/<br /><br />"I consider myself a Siberian cowboy" - shades of _Pushkin the American_.HANNAH'S DADhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05877455489975811860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-42976018990181044502017-04-04T05:52:00.655-07:002017-04-04T05:52:00.655-07:00Dear Michael, thank you very much for this post.
T...Dear Michael, thank you very much for this post.<br />The last Giant left us... I'm so sad...<br /><br />AlexeiUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11686243980407791854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1484180326012950400.post-51876929412841290942017-04-03T14:40:54.138-07:002017-04-03T14:40:54.138-07:00It goes beyond my meager two years of Russian, but...It goes beyond my meager two years of Russian, but here it is. The Russian text is about halfway down:<br />https://linguafennica.wordpress.com/2015/12/02/babi-yar-%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B8%D0%B9-%D1%8F%D1%80-yevgeny-yevtushenko/comment-page-1/<br /><br />Here it is recited by Yevgeny himself:<br />http://www.rferl.org/a/28404968.html<br /><br />TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.com