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Zoo, or Letters Not about Love
Series: Dalkey Archive Essentials
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While living in exile in Berlin, the formidable literary critic Viktor Shklovsky fell in love with Elsa Triolet. He fell into the habit of sending Elsa several letters a day, a situation she accepted under one condition: he was forbidden to write about love. Zoo, or...
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While living in exile in Berlin, the formidable literary critic Viktor Shklovsky fell in love with Elsa Triolet. He fell into the habit of sending Elsa several letters a day, a situation she accepted under one condition: he was forbidden to write about love.
Zoo, or Letters Not about Love is an epistolary novel born of this constraint. Although the brilliant and playful letters contained here cover everything from observations about contemporary German and Russian life to theories of art and literature, nonetheless every one of them is indirectly dedicated to the one topic they are all required to avoid: their author's own unrequited love.
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ISBN: 9781628974966
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 29 August 2024
Country: United States
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Illustration: Illustrations
Contributors:
- Translated by Richard Sheldon
- Introduction by Richard Sheldon
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 139.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 0g
Pages: 164
About the Author
Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) was a leading figure in the Russian Formalist movement of the 1920s and had a profound effect on twentieth-century Russian literature. Several of his books have been translated into English and are available from Dalkey Archive Press, including On the Theory of Prose, Third Factory, A Sentimental Journey, Energy of Delusion, Literature and Cinematography, and Bowstring.
Richard Sheldon (1932-2014), an authority on Russian formalism and formalist critic Viktor Shklovsky, also translated A Sentimental Journey, Third Factory, and Knight's Move. He graduated from the University of Kansas, received his JD and PhD degrees from the University of Michigan, and taught Russian language and literature for many years at Dartmouth College.
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