Chevengur
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The only novel in the work of Andrei Platonov is a work unique in terms of style. This “novel -myth” easily combines the features of utopia and anti -utopia, naturalism, magical realism and philosophical parables.
The nightmare of the revolution burst into a small, lost somewhere in the steppes in the south of Russia, a town with a strange name Chevengur. And along with the bloody fucker of the “class struggle” and almost childhood dreams of building “paradise on Earth”, the adherents of the “beautiful new world” came there - the unshakable fan of the Chepoles and sentimental sadist Prokofy Dvunov, the naive “red knight” Kopenkin, Platonically in love with the Rose of Luxembourg , and the main character of the novel is the adoptive brother of Prokofia, Alexander Dvonov, a gullible and simple -minded young man, gradually growing under the brilliant pen of Platonov, either into the figure of the messianic scale, or in the symbol of Russia himself, strong and incapable to comprehend the meaning and essence of the creative. ..
The nightmare of the revolution burst into a small, lost somewhere in the steppes in the south of Russia, a town with a strange name Chevengur. And along with the bloody fucker of the “class struggle” and almost childhood dreams of building “paradise on Earth”, the adherents of the “beautiful new world” came there - the unshakable fan of the Chepoles and sentimental sadist Prokofy Dvunov, the naive “red knight” Kopenkin, Platonically in love with the Rose of Luxembourg , and the main character of the novel is the adoptive brother of Prokofia, Alexander Dvonov, a gullible and simple -minded young man, gradually growing under the brilliant pen of Platonov, either into the figure of the messianic scale, or in the symbol of Russia himself, strong and incapable to comprehend the meaning and essence of the creative. ..
Author:
Author:Platonov A.P.
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Exclusive
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-17-137131-9
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