The Foundation Pit by Platonov, Andrey

The Foundation Pit (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810111455)

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The Foundation Pit by Platonov, Andrey

The Foundation Pit

$16.00
The Foundation Pit by Platonov, Andrey

The Foundation Pit

$16.00
Format: Paperback
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Once known only to a small circle of admirers in Russia and the West, Andrey Platonov (1899-1951) has emerged to assume his rightful place as one of the major Russian writers of the twentieth century. Set during a small Russian town during the forcible collectivization of agriculture, The Foundation Pit portrays a group of workmen and local bureaucrats engaged in digging the foundation pit for a grand building where all the town's will live happily and "in silence."


Author: Andrey Platonov
ISBN-10: 0810111454
ISBN-13: 9780810111455
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 06/08/1994
Pages: 141
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.12w x 0.49d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/1994 pg. 1584
By Andrey Platonov
By Andrey Platonov
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ANDREW PLATANOVICH PLATONOV (1899-1951), the son of a railway worker, was born near Voronezh. He fought in the Red Army during the Civil War, and then became an electrical engineer and land-reclamation specialist. His work was barred from publication for long periods during his life. His posthumous "rediscovery" began with the 1958 publication in Russia of a collection of short stories. His work available in English includes The Fierce and Beautiful World.
MIRRA GINSBURG is noted for her translation of twentieth-century Russian literature, including Yevgeny Zamyatin's Soviet Heretic, also published by Northwestern University Press.

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