Life of a Bishop's Assistant is a rewritten biography of the 18th
century historical figure, Gavriil Dobrinin. The son of a priest, he
became an assistant to a bishop before being fortunate to rise all the
way to gubernia procurator. Despite the obscurity of Dobrinin, it is
Shklovsky's narration of his story that takes center stage. Like Zoo, or
Letters Not About Love, Life of a Bishop's Assistant is a notable
example of experimentation with narrative form in the early twentieth
century by one of its leading theorists.


*Life of a Bishop's Assistant* is a rewritten biography of the 18th
century historical figure, Gavriil Dobrinin. The son of a priest, he
became an assistant to a bishop before being fortunate to rise all the
way to gubernia procurator. Despite the obscurity of Dobrinin, it is
Shklovsky's narration of his story that takes center stage. Like *Zoo,
or Letters Not About Love*, *Life of a Bishop's Assistant* is a notable
example of experimentation with narrative form in the early twentieth
century by one of its leading theorists.


Life of a Bishop's AssistantPaperback, 21 July 2017

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