{"product_id":"the-hamburg-score-9781628971675","title":"The Hamburg Score","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Hamburg Score\u003c\/i\u003e (Gamburgsky schyot) is \"a very important concept,\" wrote Viktor Shklovsky, the famous Russian literary critic and founder of Russian formalism, in 1928. All wrestlers cheat in performance and allow themselves to lose a fight at the behest of the organizers. But once a year wrestlers gather in Hamburg and fight in private among themselves. It is a long, hard, ugly competition. But this is the only way that they can reveal their real class. It is in this way that Shklovsky has the leading literary come to a reckoning of their real worth. This collection of essays and memoirs published in 1928 represents one of the last of the great critic's works to be translated into English and will be a treasure for both Shklovsky scholars and lovers of literature alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShklovsky, Viktor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A leading figure in the Russian Formalist movement of the 1920s, Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) had a profound effect on twentieth-century Russian literature. Several of his books have been translated into English, including , \u003ci\u003eTheory of Prose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKnight's Move\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Hunt for Optimism\u003c\/i\u003e, all available from Dalkey Archive Press.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAvagyan, Shushan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Shushan Avagyan translates from Armenian and Russian. She is the translator of Viktor Shklovsky's \u003ci\u003eBowstring: On the Dissimilarity of the Similar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Hunt for Optimism\u003c\/i\u003e, and other works available from Dalkey Archive Press.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShklovsky, Viktor:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - A leading figure in the Russian Formalist movement of the 1920s, Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) had a profound effect on twentieth-century Russian literature. Several of his books have been translated into English, including , \u003ci\u003eTheory of Prose\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKnight's Move\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Hunt for Optimism\u003c\/i\u003e, all available from Dalkey Archive Press.\u003cbr\u003eEt al...\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dalkey Archive Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474449502482,"sku":"9781628971675","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_86a315e0-e8ed-40be-9594-90bc28b1af0f.jpg?v=1730220975","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-hamburg-score-9781628971675","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}