«Chevengur» — a unique novel by A. P. Platonov (1899—1951), combining elements of utopia and dystopia, magical realism and philosophical parable. The text also reflects ideas of religious sectarianism and Russian futurism. The main character, Alexander Dvanov, matures in a poor...
Russian province against the backdrop of the revolution and the Civil War. In search of communism, the young man finds himself in a town called Chevengur. The townspeople are convinced of the imminent arrival of a communist Paradise. They are recovering from long years of oppression, subsisting on foraged food, collectivizing wives, and brutally dealing with bourgeois elements. Thanks to the revolution, the townspeople have dreams, and the most important profession has become the human soul. But the desired new life does not bring happiness; disillusionment leads to waves of violence, and the order of life established in Chevengur gradually falls apart…
«Chevengur» — a unique novel by A. P. Platonov (1899—1951), combining elements of utopia and dystopia, magical realism and philosophical parable. The text also reflects ideas of religious sectarianism and Russian futurism. The main character, Alexander Dvanov, matures in a poor Russian province against the backdrop of the revolution and the Civil War. In search of communism, the young man finds himself in a town called Chevengur. The townspeople are convinced of the imminent arrival of a communist Paradise. They are recovering from long years of oppression, subsisting on foraged food, collectivizing wives, and brutally dealing with bourgeois elements. Thanks to the revolution, the townspeople have dreams, and the most important profession has become the human soul. But the desired new life does not bring happiness; disillusionment leads to waves of violence, and the order of life established in Chevengur gradually falls apart…
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