books about books?`

[Vadim Besprozvany]

Hi Annie,

Here is what I believe to be a "staple" among the "books about books":

Ishtvan Rat-Veg (Hungarian author). Komediia knigi. (available on lib.ru)

Best,

VB


Quoting Anne Fisher <anne.o.fisher at GMAIL.COM>:

> Hello SEELANGers,
> Another listserv I'm on has compiled a list of books about books - not
> scholarship on book history/bibliography/textology/etc., but fiction and
> historical fiction about books, printing, rare editions, etc. And memoirs,
> but think Azar Nafisi's "Reading Lolita in Tehran," not Smirnov-Sokol'skii's
> "Rasskazy o knigakh."
>
> I heard the familiar names - Eco, Calvino, Borges - and many new ones,
> including the authors of popular fiction: mysteries, Dan Brown-esque
> "thrillers," etc.
>
> Not one Russian name in the bunch. "Pale Fire" came immediately to mind, but
> it's so meta it's arguably a different category. Other than that I drew a
> blank.
>
> Can anyone suggest Russian fiction (historical fiction, popular fiction)
> about books? I can't believe the "samyi chitaiushchii narod v mire" would
> let me down on this...
>
> Thank you,
>
> Annie
>
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