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Set against the backdrop of exile in Berlin, this epistolary novel explores the correspondence between Viktor Shklovsky and Elsa Triolet, who imposes a unique constraint on their relationship: he cannot write about love. Through his witty and insightful letters, Shklovsky delves into contemporary life in Germany and Russia, as well as his thoughts on art and literature. Yet, beneath the surface of these diverse topics lies an unspoken longing, making each letter a subtle tribute to his unrequited affection for Elsa.

The Hamburg Score Gamburgsky schyot is a very important concept, wrote Viktor Shklovsky, the famous Russian literary critic and founder of Russian formalism, in 1928. All wrestlers cheat in performance and allow themselves to lose a fight at the behest of the organizers. But once a year wrestlers gather in Hamburg and fight in private among themselves. It is a long, hard, ugly competition. But this is the only way that they can reveal their real class. It is in this way that Shklovsky has the leading literary come to a reckoning of their real worth. This collection of essays and memoirs published in 1928 represents one of the last of the

Life of a Bishop's Assistant is a "rewritten" biography of the 18th century historical figure, Gavriil Dobrinin. The son of a priest, he became an assistant to a bishop before being fortunate to rise all the way to gubernia procurator. Despite the obscurity of Dobrinin, it is Shklovsky's narration of his story that takes center stage. Like Zoo, or Letters Not About Love, Life of a Bishop's Assistant is a notable example of experimentation with narrative form in the early twentieth century by one of its leading theorists.

A collection of Shklovsky's key criticism, taken from the major theoretical writings as well as from letters and memoirs, and presented in new translations with introductory material and commentary.