Everything Indicates: Selected Poems by Petr Hruška, translated by Jonathan Bolton Rod Mengham A war-poem both historic and

A war-poem both historic and frighteningly topical

its image of the mind

Rachel Long

Far District

Everything Indicates: Selected Poems by Petr Hruška, translated by Jonathan Bolton Rod Mengham A war-poem both historic andPetr Hruka is one of the Czech Republics leading contemporary poets. Everything Indicates: Selected Poems represents an invaluable introduction to his work for English speaking readers, gathered in a translation of verve and poignancy by Jonathan Bolton. Hrukas poems uncover realities we may have sensed but have never before found as precisely and unsettlingly articulated. * A Room for the Night the big trucks roared like ravenous beasts of the night