false 792712 1 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' 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. <P>A master of formally inventive poetry and what today would be called "micro-fiction," Kharms built off the legacy of Russian Futurist writers to create a uniquely deadpan style written out of--and in spite of--the absurdities of life in Stalinist Russia. Featuring the acclaimed novella "The Old Woman" and darkly humorous short prose sequence "Events" (<i>Sluchai</i>), <i>Today I Wrote Nothing</i> also includes dozens of short prose pieces, plays, and poems long admired in Russia, but never before available in English. <P>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, <i>Today I Wrote Nothing</i> is an invaluable collection for readers of innovative writing everywhere. 778695 1 11 2007 Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writing of Daniil Kharms total:95|5:63|4:26|3:5|2:1|1:0| 95 436 230 21 5 2 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 10:33:57 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 16:10:04 -0700 2007 The book i've been working on a long time, my translations of Daniil Kharms (1905-1942), is officially out in the world as of November 1st.

Today I Wrote Nothing
The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms
edited and with an introduction by Matvei Yankelevich
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Now, one day a man went to work and on the way he met another man, who, having bought a loaf of Polish bread, was heading back home where he came from.

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