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Kholin 66: Diaries and Poems RU

Kholin 66: Diaries and Poems
Igor Kholin
Kholin 66: Diaries and Poems Kholin 66: Diaries and Poems
Information
Realm
Russian
Author
Igor Kholin
Title
Kholin 66: Diaries and Poems
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
Ugly Duckling Presse
Date of Publication
2017
Illustrations
Yes
Material Type
Book
Format
Paperback
Number of Pages
93
OCLC Number
1031306096
ISBN
9781937027995
Language
English
Genre
Poetry
Translator
Ainsley Morse
Bela Shayevich
Igor Kholin. Kholin 66: Diaries and Poems. Translated by Ainsley Morse, Bela Shayevich. New York: Ugly Duckling Presse, 2017.
Description
Kholin 66 is a trampoline into underground Soviet poet Igor Kholin’s life and work through the window of a single autumn. In a string of acerbically related non-adventures excerpted from his 1966 diary, Kholin moves to the country, sleeps a lot, drinks and debauches among Moscow’s literary underground, and eventually moves back to the city. Broke and bitter, he details his bemusement in terse, absurdist prose. The selection of Kholin’s poems features self-deprecating self-portraits, bleak views of the Moscow outskirts, and strange visions of life on other planets. Illustrated with Ripley Whiteside’s drawings of Kholin and his friends.
Kholin 66 is a trampoline into underground Soviet poet Igor Kholin’s life and work through the window of a single autumn. In a string of acerbically related non-adventures excerpted from his 1966 diary, Kholin moves to the country, sleeps a lot, drinks and debauches among Moscow’s literary underground, and eventually moves back to the city. Broke and bitter, he details his bemusement in terse, absurdist prose. The selection of Kholin’s poems features self-deprecating self-portraits, bleak views of the Moscow outskirts, and strange visions of life on other planets. Illustrated with Ripley Whiteside’s drawings of Kholin and his friends.