About the book: 2016 / For the first time, Platonov’s letters collected in one volume are an invaluable primary source for understanding the life and work of the author of “Chevengur” " and "Pit", an organic part of the legacy of the writer, whose free artistic gift could not be stopped either by decades of prohibition or by the tragic circumstances of his personal biography. Before us is the “secret of secrets” and at the same time a unique document of the era.