Book 1978

Collected Works RU

Collected Works
Andrei Platonov
Collected Works Collected Works

 

Information
Realm
Russian
Author
Andrei Platonov
Title
Collected Works
Paratexts

Introduction: by Joseph Brodsky

Place of Publication
Ann Arbor
Publisher
Ardis
Date of Publication
1978
Material Type
Book
Number of Pages
438
OCLC Number
4244980
ISBN
882331345
Language
English
Translator
Thomas Whitney
Carl Proffer

 

Description

The Barrel Organ (full-length satirical play), The Foundation Pit (complete novel), The Epifan Locks and nine other short stories. Andrei Platonov (1899-1951) produced a great body of work, including fiction, plays poetry, essays, and scenarios. The chasm between the ideals of the "new men" and the reality of provincial life is one of Platonov's main themes. The Party boss who is blind to suffering and real problems is one of his favorite villains. His favorite heroes are working men - laborers, mechanics, craftsmen - who have intimate relations with both nature and machines. Usually because of supervisors who misuse both machines and men, the heroes come to unhappy ends.

Reviews 2
Collected Works
Andrei Platonov
Review 1979
Thomas H. Hoisington. Review of Collected Works by Andrei Platonov
Andrei Platonov
“Selected Works” would be a better title for this volume. Included are ten short stories, a three-act play The Barrel Organ, and“The Foundation Pit...
Chevengur
RC
Review 1979
Richard L. Chapple. Review of Chevengur and Collected Works by Andrei Platonov
Richard Chapple