Sentimental Journey

Viktor Shklovsky (1893-1984) was a leading figure in the Russian Formalist movement of the 1920s and had a profound effect on twentieth-century Russian literature. Several of his books have been translated into English, including "Zoo, or Letters Not about Love, Third Factory, Theory of Prose, A Sentimental Journey, Energy of Delusion", and "Literature and Cinematography", and "Bowstring". Sidney Monas is Professor Emeritus of Slavic Languages and History at the University of Texas at Austin.

One would be hard pressed to decide whether the book is more notable for what it says or for how it says it... Viktor Shklovsky's A Sentimental Journey is highly recommended. -- Library Journal