Plikh i Pliukh [Plisch und Plum]
by [KHARMS, Daniil Ivanovich, translator] BUSCH, Wilhelm
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Some restoration to spine, small repairs to rear cover, but a very good copy, in a folding cloth box
- Seller
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Deep River, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Moscow: Detizdat, 1937. First edition in book form of Daniil Kharms's Russian free verse translation of Wilhelm Busch's children's story about two mischievous dogs, second only in fame to his tales of Max und Moritz. Kharms's translation was first published in the Russian children's magazine Chizh in 1936, and remained in print throughout the century. In 1927 Kharms co-founded the avant-garde group OBERIU (‘The Association of Real Art'), with an emphasis on drama and on poetry in performance: among its surreal catchphrases were ‘Art is a cupboard' and ‘Poems aren't pies'. His arrest in 1931, and brief exile in 1932, forced him to largely abandon his writing for adults and concentrate on the children's writing for which he has become known. His wit and taste for the grotesque made him a perfect match for the work of Busch, but this did not help him against increasing Soviet criticism - Plikh i Pliukh was attacked in Detskaia literatura 18 (1937) for its lack of a clear moral message. In 1941 Kharms was arrested again, and died in prison. The present edition is very rare: OCLC records only a single copy, at New York Public Library. Not in COPAC or KvK; there is a copy at the National Library of Russia. Some restoration to spine, small repairs to rear cover, but a very good copy, in a folding cloth box. 4to, illustrations by Busch, original blue pictorial wrappers. Some restoration to spine, small repairs to rear cover, but a very good copy, in a folding cloth box.
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- Bookseller
- James S. Jaffe Rare Books LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22201
- Title
- Plikh i Pliukh [Plisch und Plum]
- Author
- [KHARMS, Daniil Ivanovich, translator] BUSCH, Wilhelm
- Book Condition
- Used - Some restoration to spine, small repairs to rear cover, but a very good copy, in a folding cloth box
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in book form of Daniil Kharms's Russian free verse
- Publisher
- Detizdat
- Place of Publication
- Moscow
- Date Published
- 1937
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