The Foundation Pit

Synopsis

Translated from the russian by robert & elizabeth chandler and olga meersonwith notes and an afterword by robert chandler and olga meersonin andrey platonov’s the foundation pit, a team of workers has been given the job of digging the foundation of an immense edifice, a palatial home for the perfect future that, they are convinced, is at hand. But the harder the team works, the deeper they dig, the more things go wrong, and it becomes clear that what is being dug is not a foundation but an immense grave.