{"title":"Polina Barskova","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePolina Barskova\u003c\/strong\u003e’s scholarly publications include articles on Nabokov, the Bakhtin brothers, early Soviet film, and the aestheticization of historical trauma; namely, the Siege of Leningrad. She is the author of six books of poetry and one book of prose in Russian, and three books in English: \u003cem\u003eThis Lamentable City\u003c\/em\u003e (Tupelo Press), \u003cem\u003eThe Zoo in Winter\u003c\/em\u003e (Melville House), and \u003cem\u003eRelocations\u003c\/em\u003e (Zephyr Press).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"written-in-the-dark","title":"Written in the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten during the seige of Leningrad and intended to exist in striking contrast to state-sanctioned, heroic “Blockade” poetry in which the stoic body of the exemplary citizen triumphs over death, the poems gathered here show the Siege individual (blokadnik) as a weak and desperate incarnation of Job.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese poets wrote in situ about the famine, disease, madness, cannibalism, and prostitution around them—subjects so tabooed in those most-Soviet times that they would never think of publishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe formal ambition and macabre avant-gardism; of this uncanny body of work match its horrific content, giving birth to a “poor” language which alone could reflect the depth of suffering and psychological destruction experienced by victims of that historical disaster.\u003cbr\u003ePolina Barskova, a Russian-language poet and scholar of the Siege, edited this volume from archival materials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ugly Duckling Presse","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":9739191557,"sku":"9781937027575","price":11.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7369\/products\/Ugly_Duckling_Presse_-_Written_in_the_Dark.jpg?v=1752240883"}],"url":"https:\/\/inpressbooks.co.uk\/collections\/polina-barskova\/polina-barskova.oembed","provider":"Inpress Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}