A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs 1917-1922, Paperback

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Viktor Shklovsky's ``A Sentimental Journey,`` which borrows its title from Laurence Sterne, describes the travels of a bewildered intellectual through Russia, Persia, the Ukraine, and the Caucasus during the period of the Russian Revolution. Valuable as a historical document for its first-hand account of the events during the period of 1917-1922, ``A Sentimental Journey`` is also an important experimental literary work--a memoir in the form of a novel. At times lyrical, disturbing, ironic, and erudite, ``A Sentimental Journey`` is a singular book from one of the most recognizable and influential voices of twentieth-century Russian literature.