{"product_id":"berlin-khaltura-1922-by-ilya-zdanevich","title":"Berlin Khaltura. 1922 by Ilya Zdanevich","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe sixth volume of the\u003cem\u003e bie bao\u003c\/em\u003e series revolves around Ilya Zdanevich’s account of his visit to Berlin at the end of 1922. The report offers a scathing takedown of Russian writers whom he accuses of commodifying and watering down the avant-garde discoveries. Zdanevich dismisses these opportunist writers as ‘khaltura’ writers — using a re-emerged Russian word designating hackwork, sloppiness, or simply kitsch art. Fascinating to anyone interested in the fate of the avant-garde in exile, Zdanevich Berlin’s report is translated and introduced by \u003cstrong\u003eRoman Utkin\u003c\/strong\u003e, the author of a monograph on Russian Culture in Weimar Berlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe volume also includes letters sent by Viktor Shklovsky to Zdanevich, whom he subsequently hosted in Berlin. Translated and introduced by \u003cstrong\u003eJyrki Siukonen\u003c\/strong\u003e, these documents offer a glimpse into the many roads taken by the postrevolutionary avant-garde in Western Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlongside these texts, this volume also presents Zdanevich’s 1914 words-in-freedom poem gaROland. Translated and introduced by the poet \u003cstrong\u003eEugene Ostashevsky\u003c\/strong\u003e, the poem is dedicated to the aviator Roland Garros and marks Zdanevich’s initiation into Futurist poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57519535489402,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/Screen_Shot_2025-12-10_at_12.36.22_PM.png?v=1793798954","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/berlin-khaltura-1922-by-ilya-zdanevich","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}