Vassily S(emenovich) Yanovsky Criticism
- Yanovsky, Vassily S(emenovich) (Vol. 2)
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Yanovsky, Vassily S(emenovich) (Vol. 18)
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Strange Journey
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In the following essay, Samuel Hynes critiques V. S. Yanovsky's novel "No Man's Time" as a nonsensical fable filled with disjointed dream-like elements and characters, highlighting its lack of coherent meaning and unrealized potential despite its imaginative components.
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Briefly Noted: 'No Man's Time'
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In the following essay, Penelope Gilliatt critiques Vassily Yanovsky's novel "No Man's Time" for its adventurous yet sometimes jarring use of language and imagery, ultimately praising its evocative portrayal of homesickness and existential yearning in the latter sections set in America.
- D.A.N. Jones
- Anne Fremantle
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Two Novels
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In the following essay, Gail Godwin critiques V. S. Yanovsky's character Guillaume in "The Great Transfer," highlighting his paradoxical portrayal as an artist and self-centered anti-hero, and suggesting that Yanovsky's narrative struggles with coherence, leading to an unsatisfactory conclusion and inspiring a desire for a deeper exploration of its thematic elements.
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Strange Journey
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