Chapter 6: Leningrad (1926–1929)
Journal: Academic Studies Press eBooks
Year: 2019

After his successes in New York and Moscow in 1924 and 1925, the second half of the 1920s saw Zamiatin fighting an increasingly hopeless battle against the Soviet authorities in his attempts to get published or staged in his own country. And all the time tantalising letters kept coming from abroad, hinting at richer prospects and enticing freedoms -he seemed to be appreciated outside Russia so much more than he was at home.