Description
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays by Sasha Sokolov one of the most important living Russian novelists presents his ideas on art, literature, writing, and culture.
Trade Review"Sasha Sokolov’s writing, celebrated in the Soviet Union as among the best of tamizdat, continues to attract serious readers in post-Soviet Russia … For the serious reader, and student, of Sokolov’s writing, there is much to be gleaned in this collection." -- Cynthia Simmons *
Slavic & East European Journal *
"This is a welcome addition to English-language resources on this important and inventive Slavic writer." -- B.M. Sutcliffe, Miami University * CHOICE *
Table of Contents
Introduction 1. On Secret Tablets 2. In the House of the Hanged 3. Having Discovered It – Opened It Wide – Given It Wings 4. Palisandre – C'est Moi? 5. The Key Word of Belles-Lettres 6. A Portrait of an Artist in America: Waiting for the Nobel 7. The Anxious Pupa 8. The Shared Notebook or a Group Portrait of SMOG 9. A Mark of Illumination 10. An Abstract 11. About the Other Encounter 12. Discourse 13. Gazebo 14. Philornist Notes Index of Names and Places
