To Bear the Burden
and Sing
translated by John Minahane
2008
182 pages, hardcover
ISBN 978-80-7090-893-8
This representative bilingual selection in Slovak and English aims to introduce English-language readers to the poetic world of Milan Rúfus. The poems, chosen by Viliam Marčok, are accompanied by illustrations of the poet’s close friend, the artist Vladimír Kompánek, and interspersed with excerpts from Rúfus’s essays.