{"product_id":"9798765132210","title":"Kurt Vonnegut in the USSR","description":"Author: Phillips, Sarah D.\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765132210\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 19 Mar 2026\u003cbr\u003ePages: 304 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy, at the height of the Cold War, was Kurt Vonnegut freely published in Russian translation in the top literary journals and book series in the USSR?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eSarah D. Phillips explores a fascinating yet little-known chapter in the history of literary and cultural diplomacy during the Cold War- the popularity of the American author Kurt Vonnegut in the Soviet Union during the 1970s. Drawing from previously untouched archives of manuscripts, letters, and FBI files, along with her interviews of literary and cultural figures active then in the USSR, Phillips investigates several key yet little-explored questions about Vonnegut's \"Soviet Chapter.\" What was it about Vonnegut's writing that so appealed to readers and literary critics in the 1970s Soviet Union? Were Vonnegut's works censored, and if so, what exactly fell prey to the infamous \"Red Pencil\"? How much was Vonnegut aware of his cult status in the land of Lenin? \u003cbr\u003eAlongside an account of Cold War politics and literary cultural diplomacy, \u003ci\u003eKurt Vonnegut in the USSR \u003c\/i\u003eis also a book about relationships     between Vonnegut and the Soviet reading public, between Vonnegut and the Soviet literary establishment, and most especially, between Vonnegut and the woman whose masterful translations were devoured by readers of Russian- the famous Soviet translator Rita Rait (1898-1989). \u003cbr\u003eA work at the intersection of anthropology, history, and literary, translation, American, and Slavic studies, \u003ci\u003eKurt Vonnegut in the USSR \u003c\/i\u003eis a close look at the unique contexts around an author and his readers, and the legacies of this literary cultural diplomacy in American and post-Soviet literary cultures today.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46655891374238,"sku":"UBD-9798765132210","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765132210.jpg?v=1774836508","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765132210","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}