Russia is Burning Dean Wilson and the full force of

and the full force of the considerable talent that has made her a hit at literary festivals the world over is delivered here in all its frank glory

becomes an essay in still life and a memento mori

with whom he has arguably more affinity than with much poetry from the Dutch-language canon

Literature becomes the communication and solidarity that permit the step towards wholeness

This introduces us to the main themes of memory and recollection

Russia is Burning Dean Wilson and the full force ofThe Second World War occupies a special place in Russian memory. Between the German invasion in June 1941 and the liberation of Berlin in May 1945, over 26 million Soviet civilians, servicemen and women were killed fighting the Nazis. The war also occupies a special place in the history of Russian poetry. For Anna Akhmatova the Red Army was defending the Russian language as well as Russian soil (we will defend you, Russian speech). Poems written by