Russia's Lost Literature of the Absurd: A Literary Discovery. Selected Works of Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvedensky

Contents Preface Introduction: Daniil Kharms and Alexander Vvidensky, by George Gibian Mini-Stories, by Daniil Kharms The Cashier Fedya Davydovich The Beginning of a Beautiful Day (A Symphony) Symphony No. 2 An Unsuccessful Show The Carpenter Kushakov Blue Notebook No. 10 Folling-Out Old Women An Event on the Street A Sonnet Vindication A Meeting Incidents Petrakov A Lynching Losing Things What They Sell In the Stores Nowadays Anecdotes about Pushkin's Life An Optical Illusion A Suite A Young Man Who Astonished Watchman A Dream Grigoryev and Semyonov A Play Sleep Teases a Man A Fable The Connection From a Notebook The Old Woman, by Daniil Kharms Elizabeth Bam, by Daniil Kharms Stories for Children, by Daniil Kharms A Children's Story How Kolka Pankin Flew to Brazil and Petka Ershov Wouldn't Belive Anything Christmas at the Ivanovs', by Alexander Vvedensky Appendix: The Oberiu Manifesto A Bibliographical Note