Chagin. Vodolazkin E. G.

Evgeny Vodolazkin is the author of the novels “Lavr”, “Aviator”, “Solovyov and Larionov”, “Brisben”, “Execution of the island”, collections of short prose “Walk uncerepically” and “Language tool”, laureate of the “Big Book” Prizes , "Yasnaya Polyana" and "Book of the Year". His books are translated into many languages.

Isidore Chagin can remember the text of any complexity and keep it in memory for a long time. Phenomenal abilities become a difficult test for the hero, because the Chagin is deprived of simple human joy - to forget. Everything that he is touched by becomes literally unforgettable for him.

every great gift is a violation of harmony. In memory, oblivion is necessary, the word is silence, and the fiction is reality. In life, they are woven as tight as the tragic and comic in Evgeny Vodolazkin’s novels. The novel "Chagin" is no exception. Among his characters are Henry Shliman and Daniel Defoe, secret agents, archivists and entertainers, as well as a special author’s style - as always, one of the main characters of the writer.