Book talk with Alexander Cigale on Russian Absurd by Daniil Kharms
Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York CityJoin NEA Fellow in Literary Translation Alex Cigale as he reads and discusses excerpts from his new book, Russian Absurd: Daniil Kharms, Selected Writings. Kharms, beloved in Russia as a writer of children’s and adult fairy tales, is thought of in the West primarily as an Absurdist or Surrealist. By restoring the chronology of his prose and poetry, and contrasting it…