Zoo, or letters not about love
Shklovskiĭ, Viktor, 1893-19842002
Book
While living in exile in Berlin, Viktor Shklovsky fell in love with Elsa Triolet. He wrote her several letter a day, but she asked him not to write about love. The result is this experimental epistolary novel, which focuses on a variety of topics, all - indirectly - dedicated to the author's love for Elsa.
Main title:
Zoo, or letters not about love / Viktor Shklovsky ; introduction and translation by Richard Sheldon.
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Imprint:
Normal, Ill. : Dalkey Archive ; London : Turnaround [distributor], 2002.
Collation:
164 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
or, letters not about love.This translation originally published: Ithaca, N.Y.; London: Cornell University Press, 1971.Translated from the Russian.
ISBN:
9781564783110 (pbk)
Dewey class:
891.7342
Language:
EnglishRussian
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BRN:
238728