Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms (Paperback)

Daniil Kharms

ISBN 10: 159020042X / ISBN 13: 9781590200421

Published by Overlook Press, 2009

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Paperback. As featured in "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "The New York Times Book Review." Daniil Kharms has long been heralded as one of the most iconoclastic writers of the Soviet era, but the full breadth of his achievement is only in recent years, following the opening of Kharms's archives, being recognized internationally. Thanks to the efforts of translator and poet Matvei Yankelevich, English language readers now have a comprehensive collection of the prose and poetry that secured Kharms's literary reputationAa reputation that grew in Russia even as the Soviet establishment worked to suppress it. Both a major contribution for American scholars and students of Russian literature and an exciting discovery for fans of contemporary writers as eclectic as George Saunders, John Ashbery, and Martin McDonagh, "Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms" is an invaluable collection for readers of innovative writing everywhere. Translated from the Russian by Matvei Yankelevich As featured in "The New Yorker, Harper's," and "The New York Times Book Review." Daniil Kharms has long been heralded as one of the most iconoclastic writers of the Soviet era, but the full breadth of his achievement is only in recent years, following the opening of Kharms's archives, being recognized internationally. Thanks to the efforts of translator and poet Matvei Yankelevich, English language readers now have a comprehensive collection of the prose and poetry that secured Kharms's literary reputationAa reputation that grew in Russia even as the Soviet establishment worked to suppress it. Both a major contribution for American scholars and students of Russian literature and an exciting discovery for fans of contemporary writers as eclectic as George Saunders, John Ashbery, and Martin McDonagh, "Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms" is an invaluable collection for readers of innovative writing everywhere. Translated from the Russian by Matvei Yankelevich Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms (Paperback)
• Publisher: Overlook Press
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 159020042X
• ISBN 13: 9781590200421
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A major contribution for American readers and students of Russian literature and an exciting discovery for fans of contemporary writers as eclectic as George Saunders, John Ashbery, and Martin McDonagh, Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms is an invaluable collection for readers of innovative writing everywhere.

Featuring the acclaimed novella The Old Woman and darkly humorous short prose sequence "Events (Sluchai)," Today I Wrote Nothing also includes dozens of short prose pieces, plays, and poems long admired in Russia, but never before available in English.

Daniil Kharms has long been heralded as one of the most iconoclastic writers of the Soviet era, but the full breadth of his achievement only followed the opening of Kharms's archives being recognized internationally. In this brilliant translation by Matvei Yankelevich, English-language readers now have a comprehensive collection of the prose and poetry that secured Kharms's literary reputation a reputation that grew in Russia even as the Soviet establishment worked to suppress it.

About the Author

Daniil Kharms (1905-1958) is a Russian author and poet. His books include It Happened Like This, Today I Wrote Nothing, and A Failed Performance.