MixedThe Washington PostAmbitious ... A compelling opening, Stefánsson, like his narrator, seems initially bewildered by where, exactly, to tread ... Stefánsson’s habit of repeating certain phrases also taxed my patience, but by the latter half of the novel, I admit, I couldn’t put it down.
Andrey Platonov, trans. Robert Chandler and Elizabeth Chandler
RaveThe Washington PostThe first and greatest novel by the Russian writer Andrey Platonov ... Platonov is not just a voice of his generation but a sage to our own, warning us that the flaws of human idealism are condemned to overshadow its realized visions.
