В прекрасном и яростном мире: рассказы

Andreĭ Platonov (1899-1951) - pisatelʹ, chʹi͡a proza ne ukladyvaetsi͡a v privychnye literaturnye koordinaty. Ego i͡azyk, odnovremenno sherokhovatyĭ i pronzitelʹnyĭ, vyrastaet iz samogo "veshchestva sushchestvovanii͡a" - tak on nazyval tu materii͡u zhizni, gde bolʹ i nadezhda splavleny voedino. Geroi Platonova - mashinisty i uchiteli͡a, deti i stariki, krestʹi͡ane i rabochie - strannye li͡udi, chudaki, vzyskui͡ushchie istiny tam, gde ee, kazhetsi͡a, ne mozhet bytʹ. Oni pytai͡utsi͡a odushevitʹ mertvui͡u materii͡u, zastavitʹ ėlektrichestvo i parovozy sluzhitʹ sokrovennomu serdt͡su, zaglushitʹ sirotstvo mira nelovkoĭ li͡ubovʹi͡u. V sbornik, ozaglavlennyĭ po odnomu iz rasskazov, "V prekrasnom i i͡arostnom mire", voshli izbrannye proizvedenii͡a avtora: ot "Peschanoĭ uchitelʹnit͡sy" i "Reki Potudani" do "I͡Ushki" i "Vozvrashchenii͡a". Formula zaglavii͡a tochno ocherchivaet silovoe pole vseĭ ego prozy: i͡arostʹ istoricheskikh katastrof i krasota smirennogo sushchestvovanii͡a. Chtenie Platonova meni͡aet optiku: slovo vozvrashchaet sebe pervozdannui͡u, rani͡ashchui͡u silu, a mir trebuet vseĭ polnoty serdechnogo uchastii͡a.

Andrey Platonov (1899-1951) is a writer whose prose does not fit into the usual literary coordinates. His language, both rough and piercing, grows out of the very "substance of existence" - that's what he called the matter of life, where pain and hope are fused together. Platonov's heroes are machinists and teachers, children and the elderly, peasants and workers - strange people, cranks, seeking truth where it seems it cannot be. They try to animate dead matter, make electricity and steam locomotives serve their innermost hearts, and drown out the orphanhood of the world with awkward love. The collection, entitled based on one of the short stories, "In a Beautiful and Furious World," includes selected works by the author: from "The Sandy Teacher" and "The Potudani River" to "Yushka" and "The Return." The formula of the title accurately outlines the force field of his entire prose: the fury of historical catastrophes and the beauty of a humble existence. Reading Platonov changes the optics: the word regains its primordial, wounding power, and the world requires full-fledged heartfelt participation.