A Escavação by Andrei Platonov

A Escavação

Andrei Platonov with António Pescada (Translator)

176 pages • first pub 1930 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced

Description

A obra-prima de Platónov é um perturbador romance distópico que retrata um grupo de operários que escava os alicerces de um monstruoso edifício: a casa do proletariado, promessa de um futuro risonho convertida num atroz abismo que suga impiedosame...

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Community Reviews Summary of 237 reviews

Moods

dark 88%
challenging 76%
reflective 64%
sad 58%
emotional 23%
funny 17%
mysterious 17%
tense 11%

Pace

slow 60%
medium 40%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 38% | Character: 38% | Plot: 23%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 28% | Yes: 21%

Loveable characters?

No: 64% | It's complicated: 21% | Yes: 14%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 85% | It's complicated: 7% | Yes: 7%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 35% | Yes: 35% | It's complicated: 28%

Average rating

3.57

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