It's a shame the pharmacy doesn't have a sleep aid on request,

so I can see again how we sat down at the table,

Mom, me, Aunt Sonya, and Sharik started barking –

Dad came through the gate.

S. Gandlevsky

Indeed, the pharmacy doesn't have such a remedy... But we do have the book "Dreams on Request." This new collection by Sergei Gandlevsky, one of the best contemporary Russian poets, includes 60 poems written over various years and selected by the author specifically for this publication.

According to Mikhail Aisenberg, Gandlevsky's poetry is "a modern classic. His poems didn't simply acquire this quality over time, but had it from the very beginning: they were conceived and developed this way."

Sergei Gandlevsky (born in 1952) is the author of fifteen books of poetry and nine books of prose and essays. He is the recipient of several literary awards, including the National Poet Prize (2010). His poems have been translated into many foreign languages. He has performed at international poetry festivals and at leading US universities, including Yale, Harvard, and Princeton. He has lived in Georgia since 2022.