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A writer who defies categorization, Daniil Kharms has come to be regarded as an essential artist of the modernist avant-garde. This selection of prose and poetry provides the most comprehensive portrait of the writer in English translation to date, revealing the arc of his career and including a particularly generous selection of his later work.

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“[A] profound and subtle testament to Kharms and his brutal era.” - Times Literary Supplement

Russian Absurd

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    A Paperback by Daniil Kharms

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810134577, 978-0810134577
      ISBN10: 0810134578
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      Book Synopsis
      A writer who defies categorization, Daniil Kharms has come to be regarded as an essential artist of the modernist avant-garde. This selection of prose and poetry provides the most comprehensive portrait of the writer in English translation to date, revealing the arc of his career and including a particularly generous selection of his later work.

      Trade Review
      “[A] profound and subtle testament to Kharms and his brutal era.” - Times Literary Supplement

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