For several years after that , he almost completely abandoned poetry , concentrating on essays , literary criticism , memoirs ( `` The Noise Of Time '' , Russian : Шум времени , `` Shum vremeni '' ; Феодосия , `` Feodosiya '' - both 1925 ; `` Noise of Time '' ( 1993 in English ) and small-format prose ( `` The Egyptian Stamp '' , Russian : Египетская марка , `` Yegipetskaya marka '' - 1928 ) .
For several years after that , he almost completely abandoned poetry , concentrating on essays , literary criticism , memoirs ( `` The Din Of Time '' , Russian : Шум времени , `` Shum vremeni '' ; Феодосия , `` Feodosiya '' -- both 1925 ) and small-format prose ( `` The Egyptian Stamp '' , Russian : Египетская марка , `` Yegipetskaya marka '' -- 1928 ) .