Krzhizhanovsky's _Countries That Don't Exist_ will exist in September 2021!

Thrilled to share the news that our collection of Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky’s nonfiction, Countries That Don’t Exist, is forthcoming in the CUP Russian Library in September 2021! My contribution is The Poetics of Titles (Поэтика заглавий), the only book Krzhizhanovsky published in his lifetime. It is no coincidence that this occurred in 1931, the year when, according to Yury Olesha, “[Russian] literature ended.” It was just about a miracle that the slender volume made its way to publication. The pure joy and staggering erudition of this piece make it a sheer delight to read, and I hope this delight comes through in translation.