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The Foundation Pit By Andrey Platonov Translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler and Olga Meerson A new translation, the first to be based on the authoritative Russian text, of Platonov's most political novel, in which the people struggle to build a workers' paradise, but succeed in creating only the immense hole of its foundation. "A Russian Waiting for Godot crossed with Lewis Carroll and Maxim Gorky."—Irish Times Price: $11.96 (20% off)

Soul By Andrey Platonov Translated from the Russian by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler with Katia Grigoruk, Angela Livingstone, Olga Meerson and Eric Naiman Introduction by Robert Chandler Afterword by John Berger Andrey Platonov is one of Russia's finest post-revolution novelists, and this definitive and newly translated collection of his works positions him amongst the greatest of twentieth-century writers. On Robert Chandler's translation, The Observer wrote, "Rarely does literature come this close to being music." Price: $12.76 (20% off)