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Vladimir Solovyov knew Joseph Brodsky closely from Leningrad times. Previous volume "Joseph Brodsky. Apotheosis of loneliness ” - the result of a half -century memoir and research work, when dozens of articles, essays and books about Brodsky were written by the author - revealed a piercing -boolery tuning fork of his life and fate. Not a triumph, but a tragedy that reached a bapto in poetry. The anniversary -Antiybileynaya book - for the 75th anniversary of the great tragic poet of our era - gave an exhaustive portrait of Brodsky and at the same time the key to the riddles and secrets of his work.

"Brodsky. A double with someone else's face ”is not just a digest of the previous book, designed for a wider audience. Along with reductions in this version, significant additions are given, and it applies to both texts and illustrations. Although in some places the roots of the former anniversary publication remained - links to texts that are absent in this book. Well, the reader has the opportunity to turn to the previous publication “Joseph Brodsky. Apotheosis of loneliness ”, although it became a rarity. In many ways, this is a new book - plot, structurally and conceptual.

Although the name of one author is on the cover and title, it is unthinkable without Elena Klepikova - at all stages of creating a book, and not just in the chapters, personally written.

I contributed a lot of work on the book a wonderful photographer and artist Natasha Sharymova. A significant artistic contribution to the design of the book was made by photographer Arkady Bogatyrev and artist Sergey Vinnik.

We thank for help and support at different stages of the work of Sergey Braverman, Sasha Grant, Lena Dovlatov, Evgeny Yevtushenko, Vladimir Kartsev, Gennady Katsova, Ilya Levkova, Zoya Mezhirov, Masha Savushkin, Yuri Seredina (Evgenia) Solovyova, Mikhail Freudlin, Nauma, Zapiro, Shapiro, Natasha Shapiro, Mikhail and Sarah Shemyakins, as well as permanent assistants of the author for the collection of information

x, y & z, who prefer to remain in the shadows - nameless.

The book included as completely new, so previously published chapters in the latest author's edition.