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Chevengur by Andrey Platonov; Robert Chandler (Translator); Elizabeth Chandler (Translator)
$55.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
A sort of Soviet Don Quixote, this novel about a craftsman who wanders around the U.S.S.R. hoping to ease human misery with his inventions is considered one of the most important novels of the Soviet era, and is now available in its full version in English for the first time. Chevengur is a philosop ...Show more
Foundation Pit by Platonov, Andrey, Chandler, Robert, Chandler, Elizabeth, Meerson, Olga
$30.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Happy Moscow by Andrey Platonov
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
This title is translated and with an introduction by Robert Chandler. Moscow in the 1930s is a symbol of Soviet paradise; a fairy-tale capital where, in Stalin's words, 'life has become better, life has become merrier". Beautiful, passionate, Moscow Chestnova bears her captial's name, and seeks the happ ...Show more
Happy Moscow by Platonov Andrey Chandler Robert 195 Chandler Elizabeth Bourova Nadya
$22.00 AUD
Category: Fiction
Soul by Andrey Platonov
$22.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
This title is translated and with an introduction by Robert And Elizabeth Chandler. 'For the mind, everthing is in the future' Platonov once wrote; 'for the heart, everything is in the past'. The protagonist of Soul is a young man torn between these opposing desires, sent as a kind of missionary to brin ...Show more
The Foundation Pit by Andrey Platonov
$27.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
New translation of this powerful political satire set in Stalinist RussiaPlatonov's dystopian novel describes the lives of a group of Soviet workers who believe they are laying the foundations for a radiant future. As they work harder and dig deeper, their optimism turns to violence and it becomes clear ...Show more
The Foundation Pit - Vintage Future by Andrey Platonov
$14.99 AUD
Category: Fiction
Platonov's dystopian novel describes the lives of a group of Soviet workers who believe they are laying the foundations for a radiant future. As they work harder and dig deeper, their optimism turns to violence and it becomes clear that what is being dug is not a foundation pit but an immense grave.
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