Mask and Soul. Chaliapin F.

“Mask and Soul” - an autobiographical book, first published in Paris in 1932, ten years after the emigration of an artist, in which he talks about his 40s on theatrical stages.

You will not see here The full biography of life, as Chaliapin himself wrote: "... this (book) seeks to be an analytical biography of my soul and my art." In it, the author recreates pictures of theatrical life, discusses the work of the actor, shares his memories of Russia, speaks of the people with whom he was faced with fate, about what to live away from his homeland...