May Swim by Katie Donovan Ruth Padel 'Eugene Ostashevsky is a multilingual

'Eugene Ostashevsky is a multilingual language explorer

an illumination arrives and 'there is nothing that cannot be seen'

younger and happier

and a clarity which does not deny mystery but makes room for it

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May Swim by Katie Donovan Ruth Padel 'Eugene Ostashevsky is a multilingualBy turns lyrical and sardonic, this new collection from Katie Donovan is characteristically watery candid and uncompromising in its refusal to inhabit the safer reaches of the shore. Themes of loss, widowhood and ageing co exist with observations of her wild garden and its inhabitants, including a mangy fox she helps to survive. Small acts of salvage are often all that is possible in the face of overwhelming odds, such as the permission given during