Lourie, Richard.

Letters to the Future – An Approach to Sinyavsky-Tertz.

Ithaca/London, Cornell University Press, 1975. 8°. 221 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Very good+ condition.

Includes for example the following essays: The Metamorphosis of Sinyavsky-Tertz / The Trial / On Socialist Realism / The Trial Begins / Solitaria / Science and Fiction: Fantastic Stories / History versus People / Sinyavsky as a Critic / Epilogue: Sinyavsky for Russia and for the West /

″To fill the void that resulted from the shattering of his Marxist beliefs, Andrei Sinyavsky invented Abram Tertz. Weaving together biography and keen literary insights, this book traces the metamorphosis of Sinyavsky, teacher and critic, into Tertz, clandestine writer of fantastical fiction….”(from the dustjacket-front-flap)

• Keywords: Russian · Russian Literature
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801408903
• Inventory Number: 15235AB

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