Bolvan and Marya. Orlov D.

In this book, Daniel Orlov is a modern canon of prose in the genre of auto -company. The first -person narrative comes out with a rigid self -disclosure in the tradition of Selin or Henry Miller, then by Nabokovsky cunning, then by a repentant letter of the modern protopop Avvakum, then he turns the pre -Ovlatovsky detachment. Sometimes the concentration of metaphors and a rigid rhythmic design make another text with a poem in prose.

The main character of all stories and stories is our contemporary, a townspeople. The hero rarely humbly accepts fate sent, more often rebels on the verge of law and common sense. But he is also an observer, a contemplator, and sometimes a cruel judge of our time.

The book contains both texts published earlier in collections and literary magazines, and new, not printed works anywhere. The newest story “The Bolvan da Marya”, which gave the name to the collection.