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A crack is something that in the ordinary sense is associated with a split, a fault, a rupture. It is different in the world of poetry. Here, a crack is a release of energy, subconscious and superconscious, a breakthrough beyond language, an exit into the infinite. No wonder they say that if a poet is talented, he or she makes the word sound higher than words. And a good poetic translation is said to try to convey in another language what the first language keeps silent.

Your attention is invited to Russian translations of Ukrainian poetry by Igor Pavlyuk, an undisputed master of literary and philosophical cracks and seams, collapses and flights. This book is for those who are not afraid to look into the abyss, or, as Ihor Pavliuk himself says, to go off the "vertical of depth"...