Execution of the island. Vodolazkin E. G.

The action of the new novel by Evgeny Vodolazkin unfolds on an island that is not on the map, but its existence is not in doubt. He cannot be found in history textbooks, and events are recognizable to pain. The Middle Ages is intertwined with modernity, universal - with personal, and tragedy with a grotesque. The brightest princes and chairmen of the island, chroniclers and prophets, the lord of bees and the speaking cat are easily adjacent here. According to the ancient prediction, large trials are waiting for the island. Will he be able to go through when the earth begins to leave under his feet?..

“Working on the novel“ Lavr ”, I was a doctor, a fool, a pilgrim and a monk. Now, a decade later, he dared to become a chronicle - and felt how great the burden of responsibility of the one who captures the past. History is one of the names of experience. In the end, only history remains of life. The novel “Execution of the Island” is dedicated, of course, only parts of land, but, like a drop of water, it reflects much more... ”

Evgeny Vodolazkin

- Conversation with him is an attempt excuses for the island? - Leclerc gets up. - If you do not mind, I will make a conversation with the final scene.

Parfeniya carefully looks at the director.

- Yes, this scene may well become final.