The fierce and beautiful world : stories /
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| Author / Creator: | Platonov, Andreĭ Platonovich, 1899-1951. |
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| Uniform title: | Short stories. English. Selections |
| Imprint: | New York : New York Review Books, 2000. |
| Description: | xvii, 264 p. ; 21 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | New York Review Books classics |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4565793 |
| Summary: | 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.<br> <br> In December 2007 The Fierce and Beautiful World will be superseded by Soul (978-159017-254-4) , a new translation of eight of Platonov's stories. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published: New York : E.P. Dutton, 1970. |
| Physical Description: | xvii, 264 p. ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0940322331 |
