
Zoo, or Letters Not about Love
by Viktor Shklovsky
Title:
Zoo, or Letters Not about Love
Author:
Viktor Shklovsky
Series (if any):
Dalkey Archive Essentials
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
164 pages, Illustrations
Publisher:
Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN-13:
9781628974966
EAN:
9781628974966
Classifications:
Special Features
Weight (g):
326
Dimensions (mm):
216 x 140 x 12
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
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, and 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.



















