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The Fierce and Beautiful World

Tatyana Tolstaya

4.3/5 ( ratings)

This collection of Platonov's short fiction brings together seven works drawn from the whole of his career. It includes the harrowing novella Dzahn , in which a young man returns to his Asian birthplace to find his people deprived not only of food and dwelling, but of memory and speech, and "The Potudan River," Platonov's most celebrated story.

In December 2007 The Fierce and Beautiful World will be superseded by Soul , a new translation of eight of Platonov's stories.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

Publisher: NYRB Classics

Release: May 31, 2000

ISBN: 0940322331

ISBN 13: 9780940322332

The Fierce and Beautiful World

Tatyana Tolstaya

4.3/5 ( ratings)

This collection of Platonov's short fiction brings together seven works drawn from the whole of his career. It includes the harrowing novella Dzahn , in which a young man returns to his Asian birthplace to find his people deprived not only of food and dwelling, but of memory and speech, and "The Potudan River," Platonov's most celebrated story.

In December 2007 The Fierce and Beautiful World will be superseded by Soul , a new translation of eight of Platonov's stories.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Paperback

Publisher: NYRB Classics

Release: May 31, 2000

ISBN: 0940322331

ISBN 13: 9780940322332

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