CHORT I RECHETVORTSY. (The Devil & the Speechmakers)
by Aleksei Kruchenykh
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newton MA USA, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Octavo 22.3x16 cm., original illustrated wrappers with a lithograph by Olga Rozanova. 22 leaves. This polemical work by Kruchenykh sneers at the preoccupations of Russian writers such as Dostoyevsky and Lermontov with the theme of the devil and demons and how Russian literature has been saved by Futurism. Kruchenykh, perhaps unsurprisingly, cites his own works ('Half Alive' and 'A Game in Hell') as examples of the correct approach to any treatment of the devil and demons in literature. The cover lithograph by Rozanova is a particularly gruesome image of a demon with sharp teeth biting off the head of an infant. A very nice, crisp copy with a striking lithograph by Rozanova. MOMA 41, Getty 354.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5054a
- Title
- CHORT I RECHETVORTSY. (The Devil & the Speechmakers)
- Author
- Aleksei Kruchenykh
- Illustrator
- Olga Rozanova
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First and only
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- EUY
- Place of Publication
- St. Petersburg
- Date Published
- 1913
- Pages
- 22
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Russian Futurism, Russian avant-garde, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Olga Rozanova,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Russian avant-garde;
Terms of Sale
Michael Fagan Fine Art & Rare Books
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