Countries That Don't Exist: Selected Nonfiction

by Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky

Book Overview

Almost unknown during his lifetime, Sigizmund Krzhizhanovsky is now hailed as a master of Russian prose. His short stories and novels, unpublishable under Stalinism but rediscovered long after his death, have drawn comparisons to the works of Jorge Luis Borges for their distinctive blend of metafictional play and philosophical thought experiment. Like Borges, Krzhizhanovsky also wrote dazzlingly unconventional essayistic pieces as a slippery extension...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231202377
• ISBN13: 9780231202374
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.4"