Boris by the Sea

Name: Boris by the Sea
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ISBN: 9780980193824

ISBN-10: 0980193826

ISBN-13: 9780980193824

Edition: N/A

Authors: Matvei Yankelevich

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Poetry. Matvei Yankelevich's first full-length book, BORIS BY THE SEA, is a work of existential theater that destroys the distance between puppeteer and puppet, between ego and id, between what is real and what is absurd. Consisting of prose, poems, and plays, the book creates its own world and then confronts the loneliness of having to exist within one's own creation. Like Daniil Kharms, Yankelevich has written a children's book for only the bravest of adults. "Boris is a precarious creature thrown into a world he is ill-suited for--a bit like Monsieur Plume and other relatives. The world was 'somewhere inside his skull. And it hurt.' These poems and dramatic sketches, however, delight…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Publisher: Octopus Books
Publication date: 11/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 6.00" wide x 7.00" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.242
Language: English

Matvei Yankelevich is the Series Editor for the Eastern European Poets Series from Ugly Duckling Presse.