Gennady Khomiakov / Correspondence 39
And what should be done with Shalamov? I do not have it. By the way, did you happen to ask Veronika? They probably have it, they will only skimp. I wrote to the capital about Mosty and Shalamov, but did not receive an answer. Maybe this man has left...
Dear Gleb Petrovich,
As promised, a week later, I am sending you the proofs, not only the galleys but the whole layout: all the same, I had to do it anyway. As you can see, it has amounted to 24 pages – exactly three-quarters of the printed sheet...
I am sending you a list of Shalamov’s stories and an article by Adamovich. As I told you, this list was in the first manuscript. The second manuscript arrived without a list. I do not need to return either the list or the article (I have a copy of the article)...
In the meantime, I had another idea: you won’t get much further with Shalamov, it ends, and they grumble a lot.
For some reason, Shalamov is being late. I am waiting for the proofs.
Shalamov is stuck, nothing is heard. The proofs should have come from London long ago, but they did not. He, too, is an eccentric, like all of them: it seemed that he already complained about why they did not publish the book and exactly how he wanted...
I was intrigued by the words: “I’m waiting for Shalamov.” Is he going to come? As far as I know, he isn’t. I am interested because I am “making” his book. He complained on numerous occasions that Novyi Zhurnal was publishing his stories one at a time...
Something weird is happening with Shalamov. His book is already on sale, they promised to send it to me – and so far I have not received anything. I already sent a reminder. I was also asked to collect everything published abroad for the volume – I obtained it...
About Bulgakov’s works: there is no play “Ivan Vasil’evich” in his 1962 collection published by Iskusstvo. But Bulgakov’s Collected Works in several volumes were being prepared for publication in Moscow. I do not know if it was published – or if it is still being prepared for publication...
Dear Gleb Petrovich,
I hasten to inform you that today I have received both the picture and the check. Yes, with this check, I think the money can be obtained without any delay. It is unlikely that any more money will be needed, we’ll try to get by...
Dear Gleb Petrovich,
I still do not have exact information so as to respond to your proposal of the poetry book (or a booklet): one printer got sick, and another (Bashkirtsev) does not have a telephone, and he lives far from the city, and I will only be able to visit him in another week <…>...
As have I already told you, I need all the issues of Novyi Zhurnal with Shalamov’s stories. After looking through, I found that the first ones were printed in No. 85, back in 1966. And then there are issues Nos. 86, 89, 91, 96, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104...
I have no idea what is going on with Shalamov. I collected everything that was printed, I found some things that were not printed, wrote an introductory article, basically, did everything that was required of me. In London, where the book should be published...
Where would I get Shalamov? Last week I was in New York, on Park Avenue (you know this organization) – they do not have it either, or they could not give it to me, they do not have much. Perhaps I will try this: I’ll write to the person who two years ago suggested that I collect everything printed for this book...
I have something else. I recently received from the Soviet Union some of Bulgakov’s unpublished manuscripts (including “Moliere,” published last year). Bulgakov’s two manuscripts: the play “Ivan Vasilyevich,” which was not allowed to be staged in 1936...
R<oman> B<orisovich> asked me to send you these stories of Shalamov upon his departure for the surgery. The thing is that he had been visited by Shalamov’s London publisher Stypulkowski. And in a conversation with him, R<oman> B<orisovich> said that he had no more Shalamov stories...