Dark Thoughts
I’m almost like that dark hallway with a few framed photos and lamps on the walls. So many visitors have walked through me, dark and light, depending on the illumination.
First Published in Words Without Borders (Dreams of our Russian Summer, 2007). Translated from Russian by Valzhyna Mort.
Ah - the beautiful and profound, yet darkly emotional and philosophical Russian soul. People should know about it.
I'm guessing most of these Russophobes couldn't speak a word of the language let alone find Dostoyevsky on a map.
11/10 from me for this piece of perfection.