Translated from the Lithuanian by Marina Voitskaya, Anna Galberstadt, Anna Glukhova, and Georgy Efremov. Foreword by Polina Barskova. New York: Tamizdat Project, 2026.

"These poems are about what happens afterward—after heroic deeds, hardships, and glory. When the hero's fate almost dissolves into oblivion. When the fate is fulfilled, as we learn from this book, the poet-hero is left with a special, hybrid field of activity—recollection and observation. In this work, I see the meaning and victory of 'Landscape with Polyphemus.'" -- Polina Barskova

"Tomas Venclova is a tireless wanderer by nature. Like Odysseus, whom it's appropriate to recall when reading the collection 'Landscape with Polyphemus.' Its author surrounds the world with pensive metaphors and, like Odysseus, tries on other people's masks. Turning to distant realms, he is confident that he is 'catching the distant voice.' And this line recalls Brodsky's poem dedicated to him: 'Only sound can separate itself from bodies, like a ghost, Thomas.'" -- Alexander Genis