A Secret Life by Milan Děžinský, trans. By Nathan Fields Costa Prize we are surrounded by delectable

we are surrounded by delectable mysteries

Close to the surface of mountain and bogland lie the hidden graves of the 'Disappeared'

' The struggle is intensified by the presence of a third element

' – Henry Shukman

A Secret Life by Milan Děžinský, trans. By Nathan Fields Costa Prize we are surrounded by delectableMilan Dinsks poems twist and turn through murky forests and dig into the debris of the world: its hidden motivations, overlooked objects, and mysterious wounds. From the dead motionless floating island, sinking into the shadows to the hazelnut thats been burrowing all the way to the bottom of the muesli bowl, Dinsk brings the otherwise unseen into eerie half light. This collection is unsettling, concise, dark, mischievous, and emotionally astute. Its