I must admit that I haven't finished this book yet, but it is a highly entertaining and creatively unique book so far. I see that I am the only one at this time that has listed it and so I feel compelled to let you know that the language is beautiful. No one writes like Shklovsky. His thoughts meander back and forth through literature (mostly Russian) and his insights and sentences are uniques, conversational, and insightful. I love this book and don't want to finish it. ( )