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Time, Forward! (novel)

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Time, Forward! (Russian: Время, вперёд!, Vremya vperyod!) is a novel by Valentin Katayev published in 1933.[1] The book takes place over the course of one day and describes the attempts of a group of shock workers to break the record for most batches of concrete mixed in a day.[2]

The novel was adapted by Katayev into a screenplay for a 1965 movie.

References

  1. ^ Books: Concrete Drama, TIME, July 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Read the Book Time, Forward!, (in Russian), July 12, 2010.