Happy Moscow

An anarchic satire from one of Russia’s greatest twentieth-century writers, long censored and forgotten

TRANSLATED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT CHANDLER;;Moscow in the 1930s is a symbol of Soviet paradise; a fairy-tale capital where, in Stalin’s words, ‘life has become better, life has become merrier . Beautiful, passionate, Moscow Chestnova bears her captial’s name, and seeks the happiness it promises. She flits from man to man, fascinated by the brave new world supposedly taking shape around her, on a quest for the better life. ;;This anarchic satire is accompanied by related works - short stories, an essay and a screenplay - and through Robert Chandler’s acclaimed new translations Platonov’s extraordinary prose and original vision can at last be experienced in full.