Comments on: Everyone should read my review of Platonov http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/ "Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don’t know the vanity and the nothingness of writing." Kobo Abe Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:59:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Peter Greenleaf http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Peter Greenleaf Mon, 14 Jan 2008 18:15:53 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/#comment-67 Well done, Elif!! Please come to Moscow, where you can see Platonov's plaque (right next to Mandelstam's) on the building where he lived on Tverskoi Bulvar', and also see his name in lights: "Korova" and "Rasskaz o Schastlivoi Moskve" are two of the best plays in town. Please have your webmaster keep track of my hits. S uvazheniem, Peter Well done, Elif!! Please come to Moscow, where you can see Platonov’s plaque (right next to Mandelstam’s) on the building where he lived on Tverskoi Bulvar’, and also see his name in lights: “Korova” and “Rasskaz o Schastlivoi Moskve” are two of the best plays in town.
Please have your webmaster keep track of my hits.

S uvazheniem,
Peter

]]> By: Robert Chandler http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Robert Chandler Tue, 01 Jan 2008 14:00:57 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/#comment-33 Dear Elif, Many thanks for your sensitive and interesting review of SOUL AND OTHER STORIES, of which I am a co-translator. For me, there are two great Russian writers, two writers whom I could happily go on translating for the rest of my life: Aleksandr Pushkin and Andrey Platonov! I first began translating Platonov over 30 years ago, and every year my admiration for him grows. Very best wishes, Robert Chandlert Dear Elif,

Many thanks for your sensitive and interesting review of SOUL AND OTHER STORIES, of which I am a co-translator. For me, there are two great Russian writers, two writers whom I could happily go on translating for the rest of my life: Aleksandr Pushkin and Andrey Platonov! I first began translating Platonov over 30 years ago, and every year my admiration for him grows.

Very best wishes,

Robert Chandlert

]]> By: The Webmaster http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/comment-page-1/#comment-27 The Webmaster Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:30:37 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/#comment-27 The review has been published as scheduled on the 26th, under the title <a href="http://www.nysun.com/article/68544" rel="nofollow">"Romancing The Locomotive"</a>. Happy Holidays to all! The review has been published as scheduled on the 26th, under the title “Romancing The Locomotive”.
Happy Holidays to all!

]]> By: Elif http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Elif Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:08:09 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/#comment-25 Well, here is a hint: it isn't about any Russians. This could be my "crossover" moment. Well, here is a hint: it isn’t about any Russians. This could be my “crossover” moment.

]]> By: Ned Beatty http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Ned Beatty Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:55:42 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/2007/12/23/everyone-should-read-my-review-of-platonov/#comment-24 No! No mystery! Tell! Do tell! I canada bear it! No! No mystery! Tell! Do tell!

I canada bear it!

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