Brisben. Vodolazkin E. G.

Evgeny Vodolazkin - Laureate of the Prize "Big Book" and "Yasnaya Polyana". In the novel Brisben, he continues the history of the heroes (“Lavr”, “Aviator”), whose fate - as in ancient tragedy - suddenly changes immediately. Gleb Yanovsky-a virtuoso musician-at a peak of success loses the opportunity to speak because of an illness and tries to find a different meaning of life, a new point of support. He is helped by... the past - he is trying to collect the memories of the Kiev childhood in the seventies, about his youth in Leningrad, present in Germany and again in Kyiv in two thousandths. Only Brisben is not among these travels in life. And is there such a city? Or is it just a mirage, dreams, utopian ideal, music of spheres? - In your interview, the city of Brisben is often mentioned, well, and in general - Australia. Why? - Because when we have winter, they have summer. - And when is we summer? - Then they also have summer. By our standards - summer. In our family, this place was considered a paradise. - For paradise there is too specific population. Descendants of convicts. - And what? - A good biography is required for paradise. - You were there? - Where, in Australia? - No, in paradise. How do you know what biography is required there?