A. Platonov gave the revolutionary utopia a cosmic character in the spirit of Fedorov's ideas. The utopia crashed into the terrible reality. Platonov became one of the most tragic writers of the Soviet era. Combining the clear analysis of a historian and the subtle taste of a literary critic, M. Geller offers us a fascinating, irreplaceable "baedeker" on the complex and contradictory work of the author of "The Foundation Pit" and "Chevengur".