{"product_id":"9781468316100","title":"Today I Wrote Nothing: The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms","description":"\u003cp\u003eA master of formally inventive poetry and what today would be called micro-fiction, Kharms built off the legacy of Russian Futurist writers to create a uniquely deadpan style written out of and in spite of the absurdities of life in Stalinist Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeaturing the acclaimed novella \u003cem\u003eThe Old Woman\u003c\/em\u003e and darkly humorous short prose sequence \u003cem\u003eEvents (Sluchai), Today I Wrote Nothing\u003c\/em\u003e also includes dozens of short prose pieces, plays, and poems long admired in Russia, but never before available in English. A major contribution for American readers and students of Russian literature and an exciting discovery for fans of contemporary writers as eclectic as George Saunders, John Ashbery, and Martin McDonagh, Today I Wrote Nothing is an invaluable collection for readers of innovative writing everywhere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniil Kharms has long been heralded as one of the most iconoclastic writers of the Soviet era, but the full breadth of his achievement is only in recent years, following the opening of Kharms' archives, being recognized internationally. In this brilliant translation by Matvei Yankelevich, English-language readers now have a comprehensive collection of the prose and poetry that secured Kharms s literary reputation a reputation that grew in Russia even as the Soviet establishment worked to suppress it.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Abrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177794322672,"sku":"9781468316100","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781468316100_p0.jpg?v=1763695621","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781468316100","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}