Today I Wrote Nothing：The Selected Writings of Daniil Kharms

Asfeaturedin"TheNewYorker,Harper's,"and"TheNewYorkTimesBookReview."DaniilKharmshaslongbeenheraldedasoneofthemosticonoclasticwritersoftheSovietera,butthefullbreadthofhisachievementisonlyinrecentyears,followingtheopeningofKharms'sarchives,beingrecognizedinternationally.ThankstotheeffortsoftranslatorandpoetMatveiYankelevich,EnglishlanguagereadersnowhaveacomprehensivecollectionoftheproseandpoetrythatsecuredKharms'sliteraryreputationAareputationthatgrewinRussiaevenastheSovietestablishmentworkedtosuppressit.BothamajorcontributionforAmericanscholarsandstudentsofRussianliteratureandanexcitingdiscoveryforfansofcontemporarywritersaseclecticasGeorgeSaunders,JohnAshbery,andMartinMcDonagh,"TodayIWroteNothing:TheSelectedWritingofDaniilKharms"isaninvaluablecollectionforreadersofinnovativewritingeverywhere.TranslatedfromtheRussianbyMatveiYankelevich