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Nariman Skakov: Of Granddads and Guns (On Andrei Platonov’s “July Thunderstorm”)
In 1938 Andrei Platonov wrote a strange short story for children. The plot is rather rudimentary: nine-year-old Natasha and her four-year-old brother Antoshka embark on a journey to a neighboring v…