Gloom-river (Illust. I. Vorobyeva). Shishkov V.

The novel “Gloom-River”-the history of three generations of the Bromovo Merchant family-in its popularity can argue with the “Quiet Don” by Mikhail Sholokhov. The novel relies on the real evidence and personal experience of the author himself, who worked for twenty years in Siberia as an engineer-research. On the pages of the book, the harsh beauty and violent temper of the Siberian taiga come to life, where among the vast expanses, it seems, you can hide any crime, where power and wealth are easily and simple, just stretch out their hand behind them. However, evil affairs never go without a trace, and sometimes you have to pay for the future generations...

“gloomy -river” is an exciting, adventurous and at the same time full of drama, which will not leave indifferent a single reader.

In this publication, the full set of illustrations of the wonderful artist Irina Nikolaevna Vorobyova (1932 - 1993) is printed for the first time. Over the years, I. Vorobyova created vivid images of the heroes of her beloved novel, but they were never destined to see the light. Today, almost thirty years after the death of the artist, her dream is embodied, the illustrations go into a seal, and the novel “Gloomy River” gains even greater reliability and expressiveness!