Ivanov G. the Collapse of the atom. A prose poem. Facsimile edition.

Ivanov G. the Collapse of the atom. A prose poem. Facsimile edition.
Paris. ? House of books? B / g. 87 p. In a publisher's paperback, size 12.5 x 16.5 cm. Excellent condition, a few pages are slightly removed from the bottom of the spine. SV

The publication was published in the mid-70s in France. It is not known how or where it was printed. Fully reproduces one of the rarest and most controversial books of the author. It is difficult to read it even in our current time of permissiveness and accessibility.

"The disintegration of the atom" is a prose work by Georgy Ivanov, published in Paris in 1938 (according to the author's Dating, completed on February 24, 1937). The author defined the genre as a "poem"; V. Khodasevich is also inclined to consider it a prose poem. The publication was met with very mixed reviews; the story is replete with disgusting details, in particular, contains a scene of pedonecrophilia. According to the memoirs of Irina Odoevtseva, G. Ivanov worked very carefully on the "Disintegration of the atom" and highly valued it himself. After creating this work, he did not write poetry for six years; to a large extent, he heralded the end of his own poetry in it; he created the later one on new grounds.

There is a reasonable opinion that this work openly shows the conflict between G. Ivanov and Vladimir Nabokov (then known as Sirin), in particular, the story of Sirin "Fight"is quoted.

In the few reviews of the book that appeared in the emigrant press, negative ratings prevailed. And Nabokov rather disparaged this book: «…This pamphlet, with its Amateur search for God and its banal description of urinals (which can only confuse inexperienced readers), is simply very bad. ... George Ivanov ...should never have indulged in prose»