Zoo, or Letters Not about Love |
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| Author:
| Shklovskii, Viktor Borisovich |
| Series title: | Russian Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-56478-311-0 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2001 |
| Publisher: | Deep Vellum Publishing
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| Imprint: | Dalkey Archive Press |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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Introduction and translation by Richard Sheldon,In love with Elsa Triolet, Shlovsky was in the,habit of sending her several letters a day, a,situation she accepted with one condition: he was,forbidden from writing about love. ZOO was born,out of that constraint, and although unrequited,love surrounds the letters, their actual subject,matter ranges from observations on contemporary,Berlin and Russia to digressions on art and,literature and thumbnail portraits of famous,Russian writers...
More DescriptionIntroduction and translation by Richard Sheldon,In love with Elsa Triolet, Shlovsky was in the,habit of sending her several letters a day, a,situation she accepted with one condition: he was,forbidden from writing about love. ZOO was born,out of that constraint, and although unrequited,love surrounds the letters, their actual subject,matter ranges from observations on contemporary,Berlin and Russia to digressions on art and,literature and thumbnail portraits of famous,Russian writers and artists. An experimental,epistolary novel.