The Foundation Pit

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2 ediciones

The Foundation Pit

Editorial: vintage_classics

ISBN: 978-00-9952-974-3

ISBN sin guiones: 9780099529743

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 240

Fecha de publicación: 2010-11-04

Idioma: inglés (Reino Unido)

The Foundation Pit

Editorial: nyrb_classics

ISBN: 978-15-9017-305-3

ISBN sin guiones: 9781590173053

Tipo de cubierta: Softcover

Páginas: 208

Fecha de publicación: 2009-04-21

Idioma: inglés (Estados Unidos)

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The Foundation Pit

Andrei Platonov

Primera publicación: 2010-11-04

TRANSLATED BY ROBERT AND ELIZABETH CHANDLER AND OLGA MEERSON Platonov's dystopian novel describes the lives of a group of Soviet workers who believe they are laying the foundations for a radiant future. As they work harder and dig deeper, their optimism turns to violence and it becomes clear that what is being dug is not a foundation pit but an immense grave. This new translation, by Robert & Elizabeth Chandler and Olga Meerson, is based on the definitive edition recently published by Pushkin House in Leningrad. All previous translations were done from a seriously bowdlerized text. Robert Chandler is also the translator of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate. The American scholar Olga Meerson has written extensively on Pushkin, Dostoevsky, Platonov and many other Russian authors.