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Shklovsky: Witness to an Era Nouveau Roman Grappling with his fear ofShklovsky: Witness to an Era is a blend of riotous anecdote, personal history, and literary reflection . . . Shklovsky: Witness to an Era is a blend of riotous anecdote, personal history, and literary reflection, collecting interviews with Viktor Shklovsky conducted by scholar Serena Vitale in the '70s, toward the end of the great critics life, and in the face of interference and even veiled threats of violence from the Soviet government. Shklovskys