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The Fierce and Beautiful World

by Andrei Platonov · 1970

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This collection of Platonov's short fiction brings together seven works drawn from the whole of his career. It includes the harrowing novella Dzahn ("Soul"), 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.

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In December 2007 The Fierce and Beautiful World will be superseded bySoul (978-159017-254-4), a new translation of eight of Platonov's stories.

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1970s1970sMore like thisLess of thisRussiaRussiaMore like thisLess of thisSoviet UnionSoviet UnionMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 264 pages
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short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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