Gratitude despite the odds
(mariakonnikova.substack.com)
Shortly after he turned forty, Joseph Brodsky wrote a poem to commemorate the occasion: “May 24, 1980,” in its English translation; in Russian, with just its opening line as a title, “Я входил вместо дикого зверя в клетку,” or, “I walked into the cage instead of the wild beast.”1
Shortly after he turned forty, Joseph Brodsky wrote a poem to commemorate the occasion: “May 24, 1980,” in its English translation; in Russian, with just its opening line as a title, “Я входил вместо дикого зверя в клетку,” or, “I walked into the cage instead of the wild beast.”1