(1945) When I saw in the fog That which I preserved For so long ••• I imagine now the twittering and the ... railroad station, And further on All the details • I feel like going home, I am longing to go home. I have ... besides Ashes there could also be a thaw? (1953) There is a dream. It recurs like the languid knock of one ...

is an absolute tour de force on his part to have pulled together such a wealth of historical material ... and still to have produced a tome so utterly devoid of historical nuance. But so profound is ... sacrifice a complex view of history altogether, rather than having to indict Democracy. The alternative ...