The Path to Gertrude Stein in Contemporary Post-Soviet Culture

Abstract

There are at least two paths leading to Gertrude Stein. One is the physical passage from the apartment to the building where her books are stored and brought to you at your request. The daily route to the library. Should it at all be mentioned? I think it should. Because the route itself has turned into a text, if you like, into a kind of introduction. Without reading it (and each time I realize myself as reading it?at one point or another) no further reading takes place, perhaps no further reading is possible. So, each time I start moving toward Gertrude Stein. I think she would have liked the inclination.