From the Lost Book series of Parasitic Ventures Press.
At the beginning of the Second World War, the book-length manuscript of
Mikhail BakhtinÕs The Bildungsroman [Novel of Education] (1936-38) existed
in two copies; one, the final draft, was at Sovetsky pisatel, the house that was preparing the book for publication, and an early draft, which he retained. As the publisherÕs copy would form the basis of the printed edition, Bakhtin
repurposed his copy as cigarette paper (in short supply) and, it is said, smoked it away over the course of the war. Alas, in the seige on Moscow, the editorial offices of Sovetsky pisatel (and the manuscript) were destroyed.
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