Chevengur

by Andrei Platonov

Book Overview

A sort of Soviet Don Quixote, this novel about a craftsman who wanders the U.S.S.R. hoping to ease human misery with his inventions is considered one of the most important novels of the Soviet era, and is now available in its full version in English for the first time.


Chevengur is a revolutionary novel about revolutionary ardor and despair. Zakhar Pavlovich comes from a world of traditional crafts to work as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1681377683
• ISBN13: 9781681377681
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.0" x 7.9"