WRITTEN UNDER DICTATION

[Robert Chandler]

RUSSIAN LITERATURE 
WITH ROBERT CHANDLER AND PETER TEGEL

AT THE PUSHKIN CLUB, 46 LADBROKE GROVE, W11

MARCH 4, 7.30 pm: WRITTEN UNDER DICTATION: RESPONSES TO TOTALITARIANISM
from Nikolay Erdman, Andrey Platonov, Varlam Shalamov, Boris Slutsky and
Boris Sveshnikov.
On the eve of the 50th anniversary of Stalin¹s death, Robert Chandler and
Peter Tegel will examine how five great artists responded to the State¹s
demands.

³And the Tsar¹s head, judging by the temples, was covered by thick veins
inside which moved only a fine trickle of blood, since these veins had been
filled by a deathly accumulation of sclerotic lime and they constricted the
bloody stream of life; evidently the Tsar was constantly struggling to think
with the power of a god, and he had so exhausted his vital veins of life
that death, rather than wisdom, had appeared in his head.²

            from 'The Macedonian Officer¹ by Andrey Platonov

Entrance £3.  Queries: 020-7603-3862 or kcf19 at dial.pipex.com

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