ARGONAUT BOOKS

I squint back on our century and I see six writers I think it will be remembered for.They are Marcel Proust, Franz Kafka, Robert Musil, William Faulkner, Andrey Platonov and Samuel Beckett…They are summits in the literary landscape of our centuryJoseph BrodskyRarely does literature come this close to musicObserverSoul towers above anything else I have read this year. Translated beautifully... It is dark, ascetic, innocent, humane and mysticalIrish Times - George SzirtesAndrey Platonov is the most exciting Russian writer to be rediscovered since the end of the Soviet Union. Born in 1899...Read More