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pavel ruts fractured lyrics are often themselves fractured parables about the individuals relation to authority whether that authority be the state a colonizing power the court of public opinion a dubious beloved or history itself . in some of his poems the wives of great men have the last often hilarious word on their husbands accomplishments and in others a poor everyman schmuck novak the czech equivalent of smith though even more suggestive of ordinariness bumps his head again and again on the iron question mark at the heart of existence .
paperback carnegie mellon univ pr 2009 isbn13 9780887485008 isbn10 0887485006
book type nf isbn 13 9780887485008 number of pages 136 publisher carnegie mellon university press release date 62135769600000