Futurism (Russian)

1912–1930, Russia

Where in Bolaño: Amulet, Mayakovsky in the prophecy; 2666 V, the Soviet literary world of Ansky's notebook
What it was: The avant-garde that bet on the Revolution and was devoured by it — the arc Ansky's notebook traces.
Start with: Mayakovsky, A Cloud in Trousers (1915), find editions on Open Library