by Andrei Platonov · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420693163
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«Dzhan» is the short novel by Andrei Platonov, published by Alianza Editorial/Club Internacional del Libro in paperback (213 pages, in Spanish).
The novel follows Nazar Chagataev, a young communist sent to Central Asia to find a group of marginalized people known as the «dzhan», a term meaning 'soul' or 'life'. The story addresses identity, loyalty, and the effort to build a utopian society under extreme conditions.
The novel was originally published in 1935 and this 1985 edition belongs to the collection «Biblioteca Fundamental de Nuestro Tiempo» (number 99).
Andrei Platonovich Platonov was a Soviet Russian novelist, short story writer, philosopher, playwright, and poet. Although Platonov regarded himself as a communist, his principal works were banned until thirty years after his death because of their skeptical attitude toward collectivization of agriculture (1929–1940) and other Stalinist policies, as well as for their experimental, avant-garde form infused with existentialism which was not in line with the dominant socialist realism doctrine. His famous works include the novels The Foundation Pit (1930), Soul (1935) and Chevengur (1928).
