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The Foundation Pit (Paperback)
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Translated from the Russian by Robert & Elizabeth Chandler and
Olga Meerson
With notes and an afterword by Robert Chandler and Olga Meerson
In Andrey Platonov's "The Foundation Pit," a team of workers has
been given the job of digging the foundation of an immense edifice,
a palatial home for the perfect future that, they are convinced, is
at hand. But the harder the team works, the deeper they dig, the
more things go wrong, and it becomes clear that what is being dug
is not a foundation but an immense grave.
"The Foundation Pit" is Platonov's most overtly political book,
written in direct response to the staggering brutalities of
Stalin's collectivization of Russian agriculture. It is also a
literary masterpiece. Seeking to evoke unspeakable realities,
Platonov deforms and transforms language in pages that echo both
with the alienating doublespeak of power and the stark simplicity
of prayer.
This English translation is the first and only one to be based on
the definitive edition published by Pushkin House in Moscow. It
includes extensive notes and, in an appendix, several striking
passages deleted by Platonov. Robert Chandler and Olga Meerson's
afterword discusses the historical context and style of Platonov's
most haunted and troubling work.
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