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Soul
Andrey Platonov
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Description for Soul
Paperback. '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 bring the values of modern Russia to his childhood home town in Central Asia. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Chandler, Elizabeth; Meerson, Olga. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 292.
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 bring the values of modern Russia to his childhood home town in Central Asia. In this strange, haunting novella, as well as in the seven stories that accompany it, a rediscovered master of twentieth century Russian literature is shown at his wisest and most humane.
WITH AN AFTERWORD BY ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099455134
SKU
V9780099455134
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About Andrey Platonov
Andrey Platonovich Platonov (1899-1951) was the son of a railway-worker. The eldest of eleven children, he began work at the age of thirteen, eventually becoming an engine-driver's assistant. He began publishing poems and articles in 1918, while studying engineering. Throughout much of the twenties Platonov worked as a land reclamation expert, draining swamps, digging wells and also building three ... Read more
Reviews for Soul
I squint back on our century and I see six writers I think it will be remembered for.They are Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, William Faulkner, Andrey Platonov and Samuel Beckett…They are summits in the literary landscape of our century
Joseph Brodsky Rarely does literature come this close to music
Observer
Soul towers above anything else ... Read more
Joseph Brodsky Rarely does literature come this close to music
Observer
Soul towers above anything else ... Read more