Vytautas Pliura. TENDERNESS IN HELLPoems.

Translation from English by Linor Goralik and Stanislav Lvovsky. Tver: Kolonna Publications, 2003. – 104 p. - 500 copies. – ISBN 5-98144-004-Х.

Vytautas Pliura was an ideal American boy from a small farm in Illinois - handsome, an excellent student, an athlete. Then he fell in love with his younger brother and tried to commit suicide. Then he ran away to Los Angeles and became a prostitute. Then he fought in Vietnam and became a prisoner of war. He then returned to the States and became a school teacher. Then he wrote this book. About the sweet and nasty American life. About the illusion of freedom and the illusion of attachment. About Angus bulls, rumpled sheets, hatred of heterosexuals, blowjobs for money, love, horror, Anita Bryan, Jean Harlow. About the fact that no one will ever love us anyway.

This book was translated by a woman and a straight man who believes that Pliura can be very useful to Russia.