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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins
Publication date
October 1, 1996
Pages
165
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781860460494
ISBN-10
1860460496
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 9 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$24.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Platonov's brilliant nightmarish novel describes the lives of a group of industrial workers who, in digging out the foundation pit for a huge commercial apartment block, really believe they are laying the foundations for the radiant future. Then some of them are ordered to kickstart 'collectivisation' (collective ownership of farming land) in a village of reluctant peasants, and what had begun in optimism quickly turns to hallucination and murder. Platonov shows his understanding of the dehumanising effects of Soviet jargon, shows how collectivisation led to the starvation of whole villages and the exile of whole populations and he succeeds in taking back control of language to serve vital purposes of communication and freedom.
Editions
Hardcover
The price comparison is for this edition
With Robert Chandler (other contributor), Geoffrey Smith (other contributor) |
from Harpercollins (October 1, 1996)
9781860460494 | details & prices | 165 pages | 5.75 × 9.00 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $24.00
About: Platonov's brilliant nightmarish novel describes the lives of a group of industrial workers who, in digging out the foundation pit for a huge commercial apartment block, really believe they are laying the foundations for the radiant future.
About: Platonov's brilliant nightmarish novel describes the lives of a group of industrial workers who, in digging out the foundation pit for a huge commercial apartment block, really believe they are laying the foundations for the radiant future.
Paperback
With Elizabeth Chandler (other contributor), Robert Chandler (other contributor), Olga Meerson (other contributor), Andrey Platonov |
from New York Review of Books (April 21, 2009)
9781590173053 | details & prices | 224 pages | 4.75 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.62 lbs | List price $14.95
With Robert Chandler (other contributor) |
from Harvill Pr (January 1, 1998)
9781860460500 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $19.99
About: Platonov's brilliant nightmarish novel describes the lives of a group of industrial workers who, in digging out the foundation pit for a huge commercial apartment block, really believe they are laying the foundations for the radiant future.
About: Platonov's brilliant nightmarish novel describes the lives of a group of industrial workers who, in digging out the foundation pit for a huge commercial apartment block, really believe they are laying the foundations for the radiant future.
With Mirra Ginsburg (other contributor) |
Reprint edition from Northwestern Univ Pr (May 1, 1994)
9780810111455 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.40 lbs | List price $16.00
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