Digitized Smoke. Poems
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Digitized Smoke. Poems
by Boris Kokotov

This collection includes poems written in 2020-2023. While each poem seems to differ from the rest, both formally and thematically, all the poems in this collection are distinguished by the author’s characteristic style and recognizable intonation. (Russian edition)

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