Gennady Khomiakov - Yuri Ivask (November 24, 1978)

- Gennady Khomiakov - Yuri Ivask (November 24, 1978)
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Title
- Correspondence
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Source Type
- Gennady Khomiakov
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Author
- Yuri Ivask
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Addressee
- Kolyma Tales
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Publication
- Amherst Center for Russian Culture. George Ivask Papers. Box 3, Folder 75. Translated by Anna Kulagina.
с Шаламовым происходит нечто непонятное. В продаже он уже есть, мне обещали послать – и до сих пор я ничего не получил. Послал уже напоминание. Кроме того, мне было предложено собрать все, напечатанное за рубежом, для сборника, – я собрал, получилось страниц 200, – а книгу выпустили почти на 900 страниц. Откуда взяли? Столько здесь ни в рукописях и никак не было, значит, получили еще рукописи у него. Посему сам заинтересован взглянуть, что там такое, но вот, книги еще нет. Получу, сообщу Вам.
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, it turned out to be 200 pages, – but the book that was published in almost 900 pages long. Where did they get it? There isn’t so much of Shalamov here neither in manuscripts nor in any other form, which means they had received more manuscripts from him. Therefore, I would be interested in looking at what it is, but there is no book yet. If I receive it, I will let you know.
- Varlam Shalamov
- 1907 June 18 - 1982 January 17