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A Reader from the Village: Letters That Were Not Meant to Be Written

A Reader from the Village: Letters That Were Not Meant to Be Written

Exhibition

A Reader from the Village: Letters That Were Not Meant to Be Written

Kharkiv Literature Museum27 September 2027 — 24 April 2028Харківський літературний музей

Readers' letters from towns and villages, tied with twine — evidence that the book was read where it was not meant to reach, and answered by hand.

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Print Run and Readership Are Different Numbers

A print run shows how many were printed; the letters show how many were read.

Half the Letters Begin with an Apology

The writers apologise for their handwriting, their paper, and for writing at all.

Why the Letters Are Shown with Their Envelopes

Without its envelope a letter is only a text; with it, the letter becomes a route.

A Letter Written on the Back of a Wrapper

There was no paper, so the reader used what was to hand.

A Reader from the Village: An Exhibition of Letters Written in Reply

Two hundred letters from people the book was not supposed to reach.

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