Andrey Platonov

The Soviet Don Quixote, Chevengur is now seen by many Russian writers as Russia's greatest novel of the last century. 'Platonov is an extraordinary writer, perhaps the most brilliant Russian writer of the twentieth century' - New York Review of Books Chevengur is recognised as a pinnacle of Russian literature. This is the first English version to truly convey its...

A man travels to the central Asian desert in order to bring his nomadic people into the Communist fold. This edition contains seven additional stories by Platonov. Translated and with an introduction by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler 'For the mind, everything is in the future,' Platonov once wrote; 'for the heart, everything is in the past.' The protagonist of Soul...