Andrei Platonov, 14 Krasnykh izbushek [Fourteen Little Red Huts]

Robert Chandler (Queen Mary, University of London)

Ed. by Andrei Rogatchevski, UiT - The Arctic University of Norway
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 2.2.2.00: Post-1917 Writing and Culture in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, 1917-present.
Vol. editors: Neil Cornwell (University of Bristol), Roman Koropeckyj (University of California, Los Angeles), Andrei Rogatchevski (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1972

Places

Russia (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

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While anticipating the work of Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco,

14 Krasnykh izbushek

[

The Fourteen Little Red Huts

, 1933] is as bold in its political satire as Bertolt Brecht at his best. Along with the short novel

Kotlovan

[

The Foundation Pit

, 1930] and the play

Sharmanka

[

The Hurdy-Gurdy

, 1930] it is one of Platonov’s most impassioned, and penetrating, responses to Stalin’s assault on the Soviet peasantry – the catastrophes of the collectivization of agriculture (1930) and the ensuing Terror Famine (1932-33).

Between 1929 and 1932, along with other writers, Platonov was sent on a number of journeys through central and southern Russia. Unlike his colleagues, he wrote honestly about what he saw. In August 1931, for example, he was asked to report on the progress of collectivization

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Citation: Chandler, Robert. "14 Krasnykh izbushek". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 05 July 2016 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=14449, accessed 08 May 2024.]

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