"e;Reading Platonov, one gets a sense of the relentless, implacable absurdity built into the language and with each...utterance, that absurdity deepens"e; - Joseph BrodskyPeople are on the move in all ten stories in this collection, coming home as in "e;The Return"e;, leaving home as in "e;Rubbish Wind"e;, travelling far away from their country as in "e;The Locks of Epi...