Nobody's Perfect: A New Whig Interpretation of History

by Annabel Patterson

Book Overview

A perceptive literary critic, a world-famous writer of witty and playful verses for children, a leading authority on children's linguistic creativity, and a highly skilled translator, Kornei Chukovsky was a complete man of letters. As benefactor to many writers including Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Joseph Brodsky, he stood for several decades at the center of the Russian literary milieu. It is no exaggeration to claim that Chukovsky knew everyone involved...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300092881
• ISBN13: 9780300092882
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 302 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 8.7"