The Portable Platanov: Andrey Platonov: 1899-1999

After a lifetime of persecution Andrey Platonov (1899-1951) has emerged as one of the greatest Russian writers of the century, an artist of profound genius, integrity, and clarity of vision. His distinctive writing style has long defied translation. Joseph Brodsky looked on him as the equal of Joyce, Kafka, and Proust. This collection includes representative facets of Platanov’s genius, his play Fourteen Red Huts, folktales, and his story “Among Animals and Plants.” Praise for The Foundation Pit: “A story as gripping as anything in Dickens, as moving and as artful.”—John Bailey, Times Literary Supplement.