{"product_id":"countries-that-dont-exist-selected-nonfiction-paperback","title":"Countries That Don't Exist: Selected Nonfiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacob Emery\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Spektor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlmost unknown during his lifetime, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky is now hailed as a master of Russian prose. His short stories and novels, unpublishable under Stalinism but rediscovered long after his death, have drawn comparisons to the works of Jorge Luis Borges for their distinctive blend of metafictional play and philosophical thought experiment. Like Borges, Krzhizhanovsky also wrote dazzlingly unconventional essayistic pieces as a slippery extension of his fictional project. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountries That Don't Exist\u003c\/i\u003e showcases a selection of Krzhizhanovsky's exceptional nonfiction, which spans a dizzying range of genres and voices. Playful fantasies dwelling in the borderlands between essay and fable, metaphysical conversations and probing literary criticism, philosophical essays and wartime memoirs--in all these modes Krzhizhanovsky's writing bristles with idiosyncratic erudition and a starkly original vision of literary creation. Krzhizhanovsky comes across as a strange voice from another past, at once utterly novel yet unmistakably belonging to the high modernist 1920s and 1930s. Taken together, these works present to the English-speaking world a fresh aspect of a newly canonized author. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCountries That Don't Exist\u003c\/i\u003e also features critical commentary that places these texts in the context of Krzhizhanovsky's other writings and illuminates their relationship to the philosophical and aesthetic ferment of Russian and European modernism.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eSigizmund Krzhizhanovsky (1887-1950) was born in Kiev and moved to Moscow shortly after the revolution, where he joined the experimental art and theater worlds. Though known in literary circles, he published little during his lifetime, as his phantasmagoric and metafictional texts met the disapproval of Soviet censors. His books in English translation include \u003ci\u003eMemories of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Letter Killers Club\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Return of Munchausen\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJacob Emery is associate professor in the Department of Slavic and East European Languages and Cultures at Indiana University. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlex Spektor is associate professor of Russian at the University of Georgia.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 08, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52701765501235,"sku":"9780231202374","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/WXlRU29Za250cHZPbjN4SThJU2puQT09.webp?v=1763276400","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/countries-that-dont-exist-selected-nonfiction-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}