{"product_id":"shop-signs-in-kharkiv-and-other-writings-by-maik-yohansen","title":"Shop Signs in Kharkiv and Other Writings by Maik Yohansen","description":"\u003cp\u003eMaik Yohansen (1895–1937) was a witty and innovative modernist writer in 1920s Ukraine. This small selection of his work includes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Write Short Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, a whimsical guide to the art of short-story writing, informed by Formalist and Marxist criticism the author can’t help lampooning. It also includes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShop Signs in Kharkiv\u003c\/i\u003e, a short and irreverent essay on language politics in Soviet Ukraine a decade after the fall of the Russian Empire. And it includes an autobiography and a selection of Yohansen’s masterful poetry in the original and translation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEverything that Yohansen did — whether fiction, or cultural criticism, or linguistics, or screenwriting, or even autobiographical sketches — he did as a poet, listening to and playing with language. He dedicated his life to achieving equality for Ukrainian as a medium for world literature. In 1937 Maik Yohansen was shot on trumped-up terrorism charges in the mass purge of authors whom Ukrainians now call “the Executed Renaissance.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTranslated by poet \u003cstrong\u003eEugene Ostashevsky\u003c\/strong\u003e, Yohansen’s writings are introduced by \u003cstrong\u003eGalina Babak\u003c\/strong\u003e, scholar of Ukrainian Formalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaik Yohansen’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eShop Signs in Kharkiv and Other Writings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the second volume of the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003esdvig\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries published by Rab-Rab Press, dedicated to translingual avant-garde writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pushkin House Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57519475032442,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0510\/3406\/3009\/files\/shop_signs.png?v=1793798715","url":"https:\/\/shop.pushkinhouse.org\/products\/shop-signs-in-kharkiv-and-other-writings-by-maik-yohansen","provider":"Pushkin House Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}