{"product_id":"chevengur-9781784879150","title":"Chevengur","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrey Platonov (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrey Platonovich Platonov\u003c\/b\u003e (1899-1951) began publishing poems and articles in 1918, while studying engineering. Between 1927 and 1932 he wrote his most politically controversial works, some of them first published in Russian only in the 1990s. After reading his story 'For Future Use', Stalin referred to Platonov as 'an agent of our enemies'. From September 1942, after being recommended to the chief editor of \u003ci\u003eRed Star \u003c\/i\u003eby his friend Vasily Grossman, Platonov worked as a war correspondent. He died in 1951, of tuberculosis caught from his son, who had spent three years in the Gulag. \u003ci\u003eHappy Moscow\u003c\/i\u003e, one of his finest novels, was first published in Russia only in 1991; letters, notebook entries and unfinished stories continue to appear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Chandler (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e's translations from Russian include works by Alexander Pushkin, Andrey Platonov, Vasily Grossman and Hamid Ismailov. He is the edi\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50470002393431,"sku":"9781784879150","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781784879150.jpg?v=1744897074","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/chevengur-9781784879150","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}