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๐๐ง ๐๐ฏ๐๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐น
Why, at the height of the Cold War, was ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ง๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ญ freely published, and widely celebrated, in the Soviet Union?
Join us for a fascinating evening with ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ซ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ก ๐. ๐๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฌ, whose groundbreaking book uncovers a little-known chapter of Vonnegutโs global legacy: his unexpected popularity in the USSR during the 1970s.
Drawing on previously untouched archives, including manuscripts, letters, and FBI files, along with interviews with Soviet-era literary figures, Phillips explores:
โข Why Vonnegutโs work resonated so deeply with Soviet readers
โข How his writing weathered censorship under the infamous โRed Pencilโ
โข Whether Vonnegut knew he had achieved cult status behind the Iron Curtain
โข The remarkable relationship between Vonnegut and his Russian translator, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ข๐ญ, whose work introduced him to generations of Soviet readers
๐๐ฉ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฑ๐ก๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ข๐๐ฐ๐ข๐ง๐
The evening will also include the opportunity to view a curated exhibit connected to ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐จ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐๐๐, offering rare context and visual material that brings this extraordinary literary exchange to life.
This program sits at the intersection of ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฒ, and reveals how stories can cross borders even in times of deep political division.
๐ณ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐: Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
๐ซ๐๐๐ & ๐ป๐๐๐: Wednesday, April 1st at 6:30 PM
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