In Praise of Boredom

This book includes selected essays by Joseph Brodsky (1940-1996), written by the great poet, translator, playwright in exile and first published in the 1980s and 1990s. Among them are texts such as "The State We Call Exile", "On Tyranny", "How to Read a Book", "A Tribute to Marcus Aurelius" and others. All of them are united by historical, philosophical, and cultural themes and presented in brilliant translations from English