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Лошади в океане
Борис Слуцкий (1919–1986) – один из самых крупных поэтов второй половины ХХ века. Евгений Евтушенко, Евгений Рейн, Дмитрий Сухарев, Олег Чухонцев, и не только они, называют Слуцкого великим поэтом. Иосиф Бродский говорил, что начал писать стихи благодаря тому, что прочитал Слуцкого.
Перед вами избранное самого советского антисоветского поэта. Причем – поэта фронтового поколения. Огромное количество его лучших стихотворений при советской власти не было и не могло быть напечатано. Но именно по его стихам можно изучать реальную историю СССР. Книга составлена так, чтобы это было легче сделать.
Лирика Слуцкого эпична. Судьба Слуцкого трагична.
Перед вами избранное самого советского антисоветского поэта. Причем – поэта фронтового поколения. Огромное количество его лучших стихотворений при советской власти не было и не могло быть напечатано. Но именно по его стихам можно изучать реальную историю СССР. Книга составлена так, чтобы это было легче сделать.
Лирика Слуцкого эпична. Судьба Слуцкого трагична.
418 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2013
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Boris Slutsky
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June 22, 2023
Thinking about this review since a submersible is currently missing.
The five people onboard have 36 hours of oxygen left, at the moment that I’m writing. History will eventually tell us what happened to the five people but right now we don’t know. Are they alive? Will they run out of oxygen? Are they right now wondering if they will be found in time? It’s an existential form of panic and uncertainty, knowing that these hours may be your last.
My review:
Imagine: after a shipwreck you are swimming to what you think is the shore. But there is no shore. One by one your companions drown in the ocean, until you are the final one. This happened in real life, as all the horses aboard a ship died after the ship sunk.
There is a human version of the story and it happened in the early 2000s. One by one, 118 people in Russia’s submarine, Kursk died. The saddest thing is, Putin had time to act. Many countries offered to help but Putin refused to accept help until one after the other all 118 people aboard died, at the bottom of the ocean in the submarine, wondering what their fate would be. They wrote letters to their families in their final hours, watching the others die. And one by one they died, until the final person died. Only then, rescue divers found the submarine, but there were no survivors.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk...
The poem I’m reviewing is about horses, but it’s a universal
theme of life and death. The tragedy and hopelessness of everyone dying around you, when you realize that you too are going to die, this tragedy touched a lot of animals as their animal instinct kick in and they understand. This is it. The end. I almost choked to death once, and I remember that instinct kicking in, telling me this is it, your final minute or two. (I survived).
The poem sounds 3 times better in Russian than in English, due to the rhyme, cadence and tone of the the Russian writing. In English it just doesn't translate correctly.
I came to this poem after listening to the song "13 Horses" by Alexander Rybak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0M_p...
I think the song is the best version of this story of the drowning horses- it is devastatingly sad. Alexander Rybak knows how to capture the way panic starts to set in, followed by hopelessness. You see the thoughts of the innocent animals, not understanding, thinking at first that it’s a race.
Some of the lyrics:
"11 horses swimming in the sea
The sea they thought was just a river
They're used to this, it's probably just a race
That helps to ease their minds, but where's the finish line?
The night grows dark, the body wants to rest
It hurts to breathe and still they do their best
They want to live no matter for how long"
Amazing and deeply tragic song.
It’s an experience that only some living things get to experience - the final moments, knowing that this is the end. Many living things die suddenly deaths. But some have the experience of knowing life is running out, watching it as it happens. Knowing this is it, the light is about to go out.
The five people onboard have 36 hours of oxygen left, at the moment that I’m writing. History will eventually tell us what happened to the five people but right now we don’t know. Are they alive? Will they run out of oxygen? Are they right now wondering if they will be found in time? It’s an existential form of panic and uncertainty, knowing that these hours may be your last.
My review:
Imagine: after a shipwreck you are swimming to what you think is the shore. But there is no shore. One by one your companions drown in the ocean, until you are the final one. This happened in real life, as all the horses aboard a ship died after the ship sunk.
There is a human version of the story and it happened in the early 2000s. One by one, 118 people in Russia’s submarine, Kursk died. The saddest thing is, Putin had time to act. Many countries offered to help but Putin refused to accept help until one after the other all 118 people aboard died, at the bottom of the ocean in the submarine, wondering what their fate would be. They wrote letters to their families in their final hours, watching the others die. And one by one they died, until the final person died. Only then, rescue divers found the submarine, but there were no survivors.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kursk...
The poem I’m reviewing is about horses, but it’s a universal
theme of life and death. The tragedy and hopelessness of everyone dying around you, when you realize that you too are going to die, this tragedy touched a lot of animals as their animal instinct kick in and they understand. This is it. The end. I almost choked to death once, and I remember that instinct kicking in, telling me this is it, your final minute or two. (I survived).
The poem sounds 3 times better in Russian than in English, due to the rhyme, cadence and tone of the the Russian writing. In English it just doesn't translate correctly.
I came to this poem after listening to the song "13 Horses" by Alexander Rybak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0M_p...
I think the song is the best version of this story of the drowning horses- it is devastatingly sad. Alexander Rybak knows how to capture the way panic starts to set in, followed by hopelessness. You see the thoughts of the innocent animals, not understanding, thinking at first that it’s a race.
Some of the lyrics:
"11 horses swimming in the sea
The sea they thought was just a river
They're used to this, it's probably just a race
That helps to ease their minds, but where's the finish line?
The night grows dark, the body wants to rest
It hurts to breathe and still they do their best
They want to live no matter for how long"
Amazing and deeply tragic song.
It’s an experience that only some living things get to experience - the final moments, knowing that this is the end. Many living things die suddenly deaths. But some have the experience of knowing life is running out, watching it as it happens. Knowing this is it, the light is about to go out.
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