This volume contains a selection of early works by Yevgeny Alexandrovich Yevtushenko who blazed a trail for a generation of Soviet poets with a confident poetic voice that moves effortlessly between social and personal themes. тАШZima JunctionтАЩ vividly describes his idyllic childhood in Siberia and his impressions of home after a long absence in Moscow. Private moments are captured in тАШWakingтАЩ, on the joys of discovering the unexpected in a lover, and тАШBirthdayтАЩ, on a motherтАЩs concern for her son, while тАШEncounterтАЩ depicts an unexpected meeting with Hemingway in Copenhagen. тАШThe CompanionтАЩ and тАШParty CardтАЩ show war from a childтАЩs eye, whether playing while oblivious to German bombs falling nearby or discovering a fatally wounded soldier in the forest, while YevtushenkoтАЩs famous poem, тАШBabiy YarтАЩ, is an angry expos├й of the Nazi massacre of the Jews of Kiev.