*Re: [SEELANGS] unknown Shklovskii reference

[michael.pushkin]

There are a number of references to the car in "ZOO ili Pis'ma ne o lyubvi"
(eg. Pis'mo vstupitel'noe, Pi'sma 16, 26), but unfortunately not this
particular reference, as far as I can see. Sorry, that's not very helpful.

Perhaps go on to www.aport.ru and in the "Search" line type in (in
Cyrillic - Russian typewriter keyboard layout), say, "Viktor Shklovskii
avtomobil'" or "Viktor Shklovskii shofer". A lot of references will come up
on the general subject of former chauffeur VBSh and his well-known obsession
with cars. One might just be the right one.

Good luck.

Mike Pushkin

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Michael Pushkin

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Centre for Russian and East European Studies

European Research Institute

University of Birmingham

Edgbaston

Birmingham

B15 2TT

UK




michael.pushkin at btopenworld.com

m.pushkin at bham.ac.uk


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----- Original Message -----
From: "Gabriella Safran" <gsafran at STANFORD.EDU>
To: <SEELANGS at LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 5:50 AM
Subject: [SEELANGS] unknown Shklovskii reference


> Dear All,
> A friend just asked me if I knew the exact source of this quotation.  I
> don't - do you?
> take care,
> GS
>
>
> "If you wish to become a writer you  must examine a book as attentively as
> a watchmaker a clock or a chauffeur a  car.  Cars are examined in the
> following ways: The most idiotic people come to  the automobile and press
> the balloon of its horn.  This is the first degree of  stupidity.  People
> who know a little  more about cars but overestimate their knowledge come
to
> the car and fiddle with  its stick-shift.  This is also stupid, and even
> bad, because one should not touch a thing for which another worker is
> responsible.
>
> The understanding man scrutinizes the car serenely and comprehends 'what
> is for what': why it has so many cylinders and why it has big wheels,
where
> its  transmission is situated, and why its rear is cut in an acute angle
> and its  radiator unpolished.
>
> This is the way one should read."
> --Viktor Shklovski
>
> Gabriella Safran
> Associate Professor
> Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
> Stanford University
> Stanford, CA  94305-2006
>
> 650-723-4414
>
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