Glass curtain. Arbatova M.I.

“The glass curtain” is the final part of the novel “Birch Grove”, whose main character Valentina Lebedev, a provincial masseuse with the talent of a healer, turns out to be the most rating TV presenter. The action takes place in 1996, Russia is seething on the eve of the presidential elections, and black political technology for the first time falls upon the population. Due to the fraudulent advertising of water, Valentine is ready to leave television. However, the producer of Ada Rudolph sends her to “cool” in representative warriors to Sweden and Denmark, which helps Valentina with new eyes to see himself and his country. At the reception of the Danish Queen Margret, the Second Valentine meets with a healer from Bolivia, and she conducts her a ritual of purification. Returning home, Valentine becomes a victim of dirty publications about her relationship with the deputy Goryaev, which is part of Yeltsin's near circle. But the new page in connection with the presidential elections opens not only for the whole of Russia, but also for the Valentina family: she and her adopted daughter Vika...