Kharms, Daniil
Russian Absurd
- ISBN 13:
- 9780810134577
- author:
- Kharms, Daniil
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Northwestern University Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2017
- Pages:
- 280
- Dimensions:
- 19.56 x 12.95 x 2.03 centimetres
- Genre:
- Poetry Biographies & True Stories
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Daniil Kharms' Selected Writings offers a comprehensive portrait of this enigmatic writer, whose work defies categorization. A key figure in the modernist avant-garde, Kharms' writing combines elements of performance, narrative, poetry, and visual art. This collection provides the most extensive English translation of his surviving notebooks to date, revealing the arc of his career and showcasing a particularly generous selection of his later work. The result is a unique insight into the life and oeuvre of this influential writer.
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