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In zijn kritische en satirische romans toont Andrej Platonov de strubbelingen van het leven in de Sovjet-Unie. Met gevoel voor absurdisme beschrijft Tsjevengoer de plotselinge en onontkoombare invoering van het communisme in het gelijknamige dorp. De bouwput, een verhaal over de collectivisatie van de landbouw, laat zien hoe de boeren hun eigen vee slachten en opeten, en hun boompjes uit de grond trekken om ze niet te hoeven afstaan. Het geeft een waarachtig beeld van de ramp die zich op het Russische platteland in de jaren dertig heeft voltrokken. Platonovs romans mochten pas eind jaren tachtig in de Sovjet- Unie verschijnen, en ze bezorgden hem postuum internationale bekendheid. Dit deel bevat behalve Tsjevengoer en De bouwput ook Brood en lezen, Dzjan en De gelukkige Moskou.

928 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2023

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Andrei Platonov

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Andrei Platonov, August 28, 1899 – January 5, 1951, was the pen name of Andrei Platonovich Klimentov, a Soviet author whose works anticipate existentialism. Although Platonov was a Communist, his works were banned in his own lifetime for their skeptical attitude toward collectivization and other Stalinist policies.

From 1918 through 1921, his most intensive period as a writer, he published dozens of poems (an anthology appeared in 1922), several stories, and hundreds of articles and essays, adopting in 1920 the Platonov pen-name by which he is best-known. With remarkably high energy and intellectual precocity he wrote confidently across a wide range of topics including literature, art, cultural life, science, philosophy, religion, education, politics, the civil war, foreign relations, economics, technology, famine, and land reclamation, amongst others.

His famous works include the novels The Foundation Pit and Chevengur.

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8 reviews
November 14, 2024
Platonov Romans
1 Tsjevengoer *****
2 De bouwput *****
3 Brood en lezen **
4 Dzjan ****
5 De gelukkige Moskou ***
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October 31, 2023
Somewhat depressing, but probably a realistic.view of life just after the revolution for the people. No easy reading although it offers a comical view of what simple people thought the revolution was about and what it would bring. It reminded me of Don Quichote.
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