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published
December 3rd 2007
by Liveright
binding
Paperback, 384 pages
isbn
0871406527
(isbn13: 9780871406521)
description
A reissue of E. E. Cummings's long-unavailable, yet pointed and moving story of a journey through Soviet Russia.
Unavailable for more than fifty years,...more
Unavailable for more than fifty years,...more
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I have a copy of the first edition of this book, as it was out of print for well over 30 years and largely unavailable. I wrote my Master's Thesis on this book. If you want to read it, let me know.
E.E. Cummings--at a time when it was in fashion for most writers to consider the rise of the Great Soviet Experiment to be a great bastion of hope for humanity--considered it to be something that was making everyone Unmen and Unwomen. As such, he models his trip into Russia on Dante's desce...more
E.E. Cummings--at a time when it was in fashion for most writers to consider the rise of the Great Soviet Experiment to be a great bastion of hope for humanity--considered it to be something that was making everyone Unmen and Unwomen. As such, he models his trip into Russia on Dante's desce...more
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02/12/08
Ellen
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I started this book twice, but had to return it to the library before we moved. I hope to find a copy down here and pick up where I left off. It's a bit tough to read--as its prose is much like cummings poetry, with minimal structure and punctuation.
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Read in January, 2006
hard to read at first but worth it. i think it's better than "the enormous room."
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