în așteptarea fericirii

Andrei Platonov’s nine stories show how common people face change. They deal with death, faith, communism, and village life. The people have skills they use in daily life. These skills come from old ways of doing things. Each person faces a turning point. The past has gone, but what comes next is not yet here.

These works of literary fiction vary in length. The people move between life in the country and towns. They pass between sleep and waking, staying alive and death. They feel ill at ease as they seek meaning. Through them, Platonov tests ideas that challenge the world of his time.