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@Bookworm Well, it doesn't, that's pretty much the entire point.
 
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Gareth Rees's reputation is 33334. Congrats on passing a nice milestone, but downvote one answer and you'll be there exactly :-)
 
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Daniil Kharms (Russian: Дании́л Ива́нович Хармс; 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1905 – 2 February 1942) was an early Soviet-era avant-gardist and absurdist poet, writer and dramatist. == Early years == Daniil Ivánovich Yuvachev or Yuvachyov (Даниил Иванович Ювачёв) was born in St. Petersburg, into the family of Ivan Yuvachev, a member of the revolutionary group The People's Will. By the time of his son's birth, the elder Yuvachev had already been imprisoned for his involvement in subversive acts against Tsar Alexander III and had become a philosopher. Daniil invented the pseudonym Kharms while...
 
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@CowperKettle Have you thought about suggesting Daniil Kharms as a topic challenge?
Sep 16 '20 at 10:35, by Tsundoku
10 Offbeat Literary Works of Non-English Writers (Listverse, 2012). Some interesting ideas for topic challenges there, e.g. the work of Daniil Kharms.
 
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Q: Reference to "Sensible Susan" in E. Nesbit's New Treasure Seekers?

Konrad SchroderE. Nesbit's The New Treasure Seekers contains what appears to be a reference to another book titled Sensible Susan: So at the next farm, which was half hidden by trees, like the picture at the beginning of Sensible Susan, we tied the pony to the gate-post and knocked at the door. I can't find a...

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Q: How much of the English history in this Decameron story has any basis in fact?

Rand al'ThorDay 2 Story 3 of the Decameron is a story which deeply involves the English royal family. I don't know how much contact there was between England and Italy in the 14th century, or how much care an Italian writer of that time would have been expected to take in providing accurate historical inform...


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