Reviews for Russia's Lost Literature of the Absurd: Selected Works of Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky

The average rating for Russia's Lost Literature of the Absurd: Selected Works of Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-01-20 00:00:00 Karen Turner I know I previously read some of these selections from the two most translated members of the Oberiuty, perhaps all, but not likely all, many certainly felt familiar, while others did not, or only parts of them felt familiar, so I might have read excerpts of others, but still it's always good to revisit the Oberiuty, every few years seems right, a reminder not to take literature too seriously but at the same time to take it deathly seriously, and to always have fun while doing so, fun that at the same time is dark, and dark fun always seems best to me. In the words of Daniil Kharms: One must write poetry in such a way that if one threw the poem in a window, the pane would break.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-07-27 00:00:00 Chris Newton "My nonsense hurts a little" - there's no more accurate assessment of these treasures than that quote from the treasures themselves. Because nonsense does hurt; absurdity may at least be a stab at humor, but at the root is a fundamental void. This writing captures the incredible cathartic power of language while at the same time not ignoring dire reality that makes it possible. "If only human beings sin, this means that the sins of the world are to be found in the human being himself. Sin does not enter into human beings, it only comes out of them. That is similar to food: human beings eat good things and evacuate bad things out of themselves. There are no bad things in the world, only that which has passed through human beings can become bad." "I judge I cut I sit I rage No, I don't sin. One more time. I judge I cut I sit No, I don't sin. One more time I judge I cut I sit No, I don't sin."