One character in this novel is mocked for masturbating under his covers at night. Two characters in this novel encounter a main lying in a coffin who dies in front of them, as he has been trying to do for weeks. The main character of this novel kisses an old woman who dies immediately thereafter, and as a girl, that woman had unexpectedly kissed him while he was working at a tile factory. This novel's blurring of the lines between life and death is exemplified by the line "It's our coffins that keep us alive," spoken by Yelisey, who carries off all but two of the hundred coffins unearthed by the workers. It opens when Voshchev is fired from his job for thinking too m
One character in this novel is mocked for masturbating under his covers at night. Two characters in this novel encounter a main lying in a coffin who dies in front of them, as he has been trying to do for weeks. The main character of this novel kisses an old woman who dies immediately thereafter, and as a girl, that woman had unexpectedly kissed him while he was working at a tile factory. This novel's blurring of the lines between life and death is exemplified by the line "It's our coffins that keep us alive," spoken by Yelisey, who carries off all but two of the hundred coffins unearthed by the workers. It opens when Voshchev is fired from his job for thinking too much and starts walking down the road until he joins the workers who are building the title structure, which will be the site of the House of the Proletariat. For 10 points, name this novel by Andrei Platonov.
One character in this novel is mocked for masturbating under his covers at night.
The Foundation Pit [or Kotlovan]