num_pages: 264
description: 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and "The Potudan River," Platonov's most celebrated story.In December 2007 The Fierce and Beautiful World will be superseded by Soul (978-159017-254-4) , a new translation of eight of Platonov's stories.
language: English
title: The Fierce and Beautiful World
titlecomplete: The Fierce and Beautiful World
genres: Classics, Short Stories, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, Classic Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 500
awards: awardedAt: 31564800000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: NYRB Classics