The Resurrection of Mayakovsky

Yuri Karabchievsky (1938–1992) was a poet, prose writer, and author of the books “The Life of Alexander Zilber,” “Longing for Armenia,” and “Unforgettable Misha.” He was a participant in the uncensored almanac “MetroOpole.” The book that made him famous, “The... Resurrection of Mayakovsky,” was published in Munich in 1985 (awarded the Vladimir Dal Prize), and was released in Russia in 1990, not being reissued for many years. "Mayakovsky achieved the impossible. Acting in a barren, lifeless layer of concepts, communicating only with the superficial meaning of words, with the shell of people and objects, he elevated his doomed endeavor to the level of the highest poetry. His summit is empty and bare, offering neither peace nor joy to the gaze, — but it is higher than many neighboring peaks and visible from a greater distance. In this lies Mayakovsky's uniqueness, his strange greatness, his irremediable fame." Yuri Karabchievsky "This is a brilliant artistic narrative, precise in words and thought, where irony and humor soften the harshness of judgments and remove obvious exaggerations in approaches. It is not only about the writer's illustrative gift, but also about his ability to recreate the very atmosphere of that time, to reveal the internal code of those days." Olga Timofeeva