Platonov (Andrei) Archives

Uncategorized

Compose Yourself!

December 28, 2014 • by McKenzie Wark

After yet another review in the New York Times Book Review about some book about Scott Fitzgerald, I felt it was time to write something about Kate Zambreno’s book Heroines. I taught some of it this semester past and made at least a couple of Zambreno converts. Zambreno’s Heroines (Semiotexte 2012) ...

Andrey Platonov’s Factory of Literature, Uncreative Writing and the Networked Book

January 6, 2014 • by McKenzie Wark

Unfortunately, the English translation of his major work, Chevengur, has long been out of print, although a pdf of it is readily available. Most of his novella-length works and some of his classic stories have been carefully translated by Robert Chandler and various collaborators, and are available in excellent editions ...

Andrey Platonov’s ‘Antisexus’ and the Sex-Gender Industrial Complex

December 29, 2013 • by McKenzie Wark

Andrey Platonov is without question one of the great twentieth century writers. He is a rare witness to the early history of the Soviet Union, and at the same time the creator of a unique modern prose style. Unfortunately, the English translation of his major work, Chevengur, has long been ...

Platonov (Andrei)

Compose Yourself!

Andrey Platonov’s Factory of Literature, Uncreative Writing and the Networked Book

Andrey Platonov’s ‘Antisexus’ and the Sex-Gender Industrial Complex

Newsletter

Connect With Us