The two-volume book contains for the first time all the early works of the famous emigrant poet, essayist and critic Georgy Viktorovich Adamovich (1892-1972), published in the Parisian magazine “Zveno” from 1923 to 1928 under the heading “Literary Conversations”. This is a special, unique genre Adamovich’s brilliant critical prose constituted an entire era in the history of Russian literature abroad and immediately set the tone for it and created the atmosphere for its existence. Collected together, “Literary Conversations” provide a broad panorama of both Russian literature on both sides of the barricades and foreign literatures as reflected by a subtle, deep and unbiased critic. The book is equipped with an introductory article, detailed comments, an index and appendices. For the widest range of readers.