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Articles by Andrei Platonov
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On the First Socialist Tragedy
in NLR 69, May-June 2011, pp. 31-32
Subjects: Soviet Union and Russia , Environment
Reflections from 1934 on man, technology and the dialectic of nature. Frailties and dangers of our advance within—and against—an unyielding environment.
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Father-Mother
in NLR 53, September-October 2008, pp. 43-76
Subjects: Cinema , Literature , Soviet Union and Russia
A screenplay from 1935, previously unpublished in English, by arguably the greatest Soviet writer. Amid far-reaching social transformation, notions of love, family and desire are also recast—with serious consequences for the simultaneously innocent and world-weary protagonists.
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