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These things have been responsible for a literary style for which there is a Russian word: Agitka, something to agitate the people and make them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Engineers of the Soul | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

Below these three the writers look pretty much alike. They are the writers of Agitka - the journalist-artists. One of the best of them, probably the most typical, is Konstantin Simonov. The most promising seems to be Boris Garbatov, author of the record-breaking bestseller, The Unvanquished. He has apparently been much influenced by translations of Hemingway and by Gogol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Engineers of the Soul | 10/9/1944 | See Source »

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