The Stranger

Alexander Blok, the greatest Russian poet, a man of an era, is the author of works that defined the magical sound of the poetry of the Silver Age and became a link between modern literature and classical Russian poetry. According... to Konstantin Paustovsky, Blok's poems, which unite music, poetry, and thought, are magic, and like all magic, they are inexplicable and tormenting. "It is almost impossible to talk about them. They must be re-read, repeated, experiencing each time a heartbeat, reveling in their languorous melodies and endlessly marveling at the fact that they enter memory suddenly and forever..."
The collection includes poems by Alexander Blok that make up his main "lyrical trilogy", as well as the poem "The Twelve", the poet's last major work, one of the most enigmatic in his creative output.