About this title: 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 ...
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Description: Good. 2001-Paperback----Used-Good-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Some water staining. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 164 p. Russian Literature (Dalkey Archive). Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: VG Used, Very Good in VG jacket. HARDCOVER, VG/VG, Cornell University Press, 1971, 14.4 oz. This copy has visible but minimal wear, the dustjacket shows some minor rubbing, edgewear, or fraying has a minor tear(s) on the dust jacket, is in otherwise Very Good condition. read more
Description: Ithaca: Cornell University, 1971. 164 pages. 1st US edition. Hardback. Notes. Index of names. Edited and translated from the Russian by Richard Sheldon. Top a little dusty, otherwise Fine in Near Fine dustjacket with very light spine fading. ISBN: 0801406560. read more
Edition: First Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press, Ithaca
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780801406560ISBN:0801406560
Description: New in New jacket. 8vo-over 7 3/4"-9 3/4" Tall. 166 pages. Translated from Russian by Richard Sheldon. New book sealed in publisher's original shrinkwrap. No remainder mark. Collectible. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: 1971
ISBN-13:9780801406560ISBN:0801406560
Description: New. GIFT QUALITY 1971 First Cornell U.P. Edition hardcover with jacket. STILL SEALED IN ORIGINAL PUBLISHER'S SHRINKWRAP! Never opened! Text in English, translated from the original Russian by Richard Sheldon. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Date Published: 1971-11
ISBN-13:9780801406560ISBN:0801406560
Description: Very Good. SCARCE HARDCOVER BOOK WITH DUST JACKET. NO WRITING OR MARKINGS IN TEXT. ALMOST NO WEAR TO COVER. SOME WEAR AND FRAYING TO DUST JACKET. LOC SHKLOVSKY. read more
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