Agree or disagree, I want to hear from you. A Companion to Andrei Platonovs the Foundation Pit Written at the height of Stalins first five-year plan for the industrialization of Soviet Russia and. Yale University Press has just published her novel “Five Spice Street.” Those who want to talk about that book or other issues about international fiction and culture should go to the World Books Facebook fan page. Look for a new interview on the World Books page with Can Xue, a Chinese writer whose work has garnered critical accolades. They attempt to dig out a huge foundation pit on the base of which a gigantic house will be built for the country's proletarians. The plot of the novel concerns a group of workers living in the early Soviet Union. You can also sign up for World Books podcasts at ITunes or The World. The Foundation Pit (Russian:, romanized: Kotlovan) is a gloomy symbolic and semi-satirical novel by Andrei Platonov. His translations of Platonov include the volumes “Soul and Other Stories” and “The Portable Platonov.” Those who want to learn more about Platonov should read Thomas Seifrid’s excellent new critical volume “A Companion to Andrei Platonov’s “The Foundation Pit.”Īnd World Books is more than my weekly podcast – the online feature includes reviews, interviews, news, and commentary on international literature. Robert Chandler has translated a number of Russian authors, including Vasily Grossman.
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