In our March 10, 2022 issue, Sophie Pinkham wrestled with the oeuvre of Russian Formalist critic and novelist Yuri Tynianov. Of his historical fiction, written during the repressive early years of the Soviet Union, she writes, “The attentive reader notices parallels and patterns, silent gestures toward the tyranny and absurdity of the moment of writing: […]
Source : Perversions of Historical Memory
