Instant notes of a sentimental soldier, or a novel about a righteous young man. Yukhananov B.

In the novel by B. Yukhananov, “The instant notes of the sentimental soldier” for a seemingly familiar form of the diary, a special genre game is hidden, the essence of which is in the meticulous fixation of every second of being. This game is passionate about the hero - Nikita Ilyin - from the first to the last day of his service in the army, he writes everything that is happening to him. Nikita does not invent anything, he spies, peeps, eavesdropping behind his colleagues.

In his notes, the hero with ruthless frankness tells about army everyday life - here his romantic soul encounters all the ups and downs of soldier's life. It meets with tragic losses and is experiencing the experience of self -knowledge. Each page is a documentary evidence of the era of 80 - x, the time in which, as in the prism, the lines of the fate of the sentimental soldier Nikita are refracted, predicting delight, thrill, tragedy, enlightenment and spiritual degeneration, the more amazing the meeting with the text written in life.