{"product_id":"fourteen-little-red-huts-and-other-plays-9780231181297","title":"Fourteen Little Red Huts and Other Plays","description":"In this essential collection of Andrei Platonov's plays, the noted Platonov translator Robert Chandler edits and introduces \u003ci\u003eThe Hurdy-Gurdy\u003c\/i\u003e (translated by Susan Larsen), \u003ci\u003eFourteen Little Red Huts\u003c\/i\u003e (translated by Chandler), and \u003ci\u003eGrandmother's Little Hut\u003c\/i\u003e (translated by Jesse Irwin). Written in 1930 and 1933, respectively, \u003ci\u003eThe Hurdy-Gurdy \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Fourteen Little Red Huts \u003c\/i\u003econstitute an impassioned and penetrating response to Stalin's assault on the Soviet peasantry. They reflect the political urgency of Bertolt Brecht and anticipate the tragic farce of Samuel Beckett but play out through dialogue and characterization that is unmistakably Russian. This volume also includes \u003ci\u003eGrandmother's Little Hut\u003c\/i\u003e, an unfinished play that represents Platonov's later, gentler work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrei Platonov (1899-1951) was a Soviet writer of poetry, short stories, novels, plays, and journalism. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Chandler has translated widely from Russian. He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003eRussian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida\u003c\/i\u003e (2006) and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Penguin Book of Russian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e (2015).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50491638808850,"sku":"9780231181297","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4bfe2631-4913-44c0-9a6e-89c4aa031611.jpg?v=1730545563","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/fourteen-little-red-huts-and-other-plays-9780231181297","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}