Island of Crimea. Aksenov V.

The works of Vasily Aksyonov, one of the cult Russian writers, are well known not only in Russia, but also abroad. For more than a dozen years, he remained the voice of his generation, responding with brilliant prose on the most difficult and relevant topics. The famous novel “Island of Crimea” was written in 1977-1979, even before the author left the USSR, but was first published in the United States in 1981. Russian readers were able to get acquainted with him only in 1990 and even then they were amazed at the bold plot stroke (that if Crimea were a full -fledged island and that if he had gone to the white during the civil war?), And an extraordinary Aksyon’s gift of foresight.

This is one of those truly classic works that not only do not become obsolete over time, but acquire new and new meanings. The real edition also included the experimental story-travel “in search of the genre” (1972) and the story “Our Golden Logger” (1973). Saturated with accurate details, ironic, combining ordinary and exalted, confessional and game, prose by Aksyonov gives readers an enduring sense of freedom and fullness of being.