Город Градов и другие повести

Sovetskii upravlenec Ivan Fedorovich Shmakov otpravliaetsia v gubernskii gorod Gradov v piatistah verstah ot Moskvie, chtobie "vrasti v gubernskie dela i osvejit ih zdraviem smieslom", no pogriazshii v bessmieslennom burokratizme mestniei chinovnichii apparat ne gorit jelaniem chto-libo meniat. V dannoe izdanie voshli takje i drugie proizvedeniia avtora, v tom chisle nezakonchenniei roman "Schastlivaia Moskva", izvestniee povesti "Vprok" i "Epifanskie shluzie", a takje shedevrie voennoi prozie — rasskazie "Vozvrashenie", "Oduhotvorenniee ludi" i "Neodushevlenniei vrag". . «Gorod Gradov i drugie povesti» — sbornik proizvedenii Andreia Platonova (1899–1951), odnogo iz samieh samobietnieh russkih pisatelei pervoi polovinie XX veka, che tvorchestvo zanimaet osoboe mesto v istorii otechestvennoi literaturie. – V knigu voshli povesti «Gorod Gradov», «Vprok» i «Epifanskie shluzie», nezakonchenniei roman «Schastlivaia Moskva», a takje voenniee rasskazie «Vozvrashenie», «Oduhotvorenniee ludi» i «Neodushevlenniei vrag». – Stil Platonova unikalen: smeliee paradoksalniee oborotie, popietka vierazit nevierazimoe i soedinit utopicheskie mechtie s surovoi realnostu. – Tvorchestvo Platonova sravnivaut s shedevrami Djoisa, Kafki, Ionesko i Bekketa. – Izdanie serii «Russkaia klassika» s tverdoi oblojkoi v uznavaemom klassicheskom oformlenii.

Soviet manager Ivan Fedorovich Shmakov goes to the provincial town of Gradov, five hundred versts from Moscow, to "grow into provincial affairs and refresh them with common sense," but the local bureaucracy, mired in senseless bureaucracy, is not eager to change anything. This edition also includes other works by the author, including the unfinished novel "Happy Moscow", the famous novellas "For the Future" and "Epiphany locks", as well as masterpieces of military prose — the stories "Return", "Spiritual People" and "Inanimate Enemy". . "The City of Gradov and Other Stories" is a collection of works by Andrei Platonov (1899-1951), one of the most original Russian writers of the first half of the 20th century, whose work occupies a special place in the history of Russian literature. – The book includes the novellas "The City of Gradov", "For the Future" and "Epiphany Locks", the unfinished novel "Happy Moscow", as well as the war stories "Return", "Spiritual People" and "Inanimate Enemy". – Platonov's style is unique: bold paradoxical turns, an attempt to express the inexpressible and combine utopian dreams with harsh reality. – Platonov's work has been compared to the masterpieces of Joyce, Kafka, Ionesco and Beckett. – The hardcover edition of the Russian Classics series in a recognizable classic design.