Бажанов, А. Стихи и поэмы о саамском крае = Verses & poems on the Saami land / Аскольд Бажанов ; English translation by Naomi Caffee ; with an essay by Johanna Domokos. - Berlin : Nordeuropa-Institut der Humboldt-Universitat, 2009. - 205 с. : ил., портр.

1 3 9 My snow »And why do you only write about snow, about the tundra, snowstorms and frost. And where is the hero, the person, his ambitions and dreams?« The sound of a ringing bell cuts through, as if waiting at wide-open doors. Look, so it’s him at the door, the resident master of the tundra. And the tundra is rich, like Croesus, abound with both fresh and trodden snow. The eyes are blinded to tears by the scanty December sky. The teams run at a vigorous clip: then suddenly you’re alone in the universe! And the treeless tundra and the snow, and the shadowless Polar midday!