russian poetry

A certified letter follows its intended recipient all over the world as the postal service attempts to catch up to him.

It's February. Weeping, take ink--The sleepy garden scatters beetles--Venice-Winter sky--The Urals for the first time --Spring--Swifts--Improvisation--Marburg --(etc.).

A letter arrives at the New York hotel of John Peck, but when it is discovered that Mr. Peck has left, the letter follows him around the world by water, air, and land.

Includes twenty-four poems by Boris Pasternak in the original Russian and in English translation.