Its incomparable vitality and language, for example, find their way into the work of the Soviet writer Andrei Platonov. A communist who considered himself an honest proletarian writer, but called by Stalin, the Red Clown of Power, “svoloc” (scoundrel) and “balagancik” (buffoon), Platonov lived a lifelong ordeal.
在社会政治舞台，奥古斯都愚人面对着权力小丑。塞万提斯对政治的嘲讽可在许多二十世纪的东欧国家的历史中看到。该书无与伦比的活力与语言，影响到了苏联作家安德烈·普拉托诺夫的作品。拉托诺夫自认为是一个诚实的无产阶级作家，是一名共产主义者，却被斯大林，红色政权的小丑，称为 “ svoloc”（恶棍）和“balagancik” （小丑），一生受尽折磨。