Not) freedom. Lebedenko S.V.

Sergey Lebedenko (1993) - a native of Krasnodar, a graduate of MGIMO and NRU HSE; He worked as a judicial correspondent of Novaya Gazeta as a literary observer and critic collaborated with the portals of RBC, the Daily Poster, “reading”, etc. He conducts a telegram channel about the Literature “Book of Gazhary” (Laureate of the Litblog Prize -2020).

Journalist Oleg dreams of a career as a lawyer and writes reports from the courtroom. Student Sasha, whose father after an accidental detention (passed by the rally) enters the colony, develops plans for his salvation. Judge Marina is preparing to become the chairman of one of the Moscow courts, but suddenly her life is also destroyed by the state machine...

the fate of all three will unite the “theatrical work” - the battlefield of security forces, businessmen and officials for power and control of the minds. Political intrigues provide careers - and ruffle life, and an absurd accident is launched by the flywheel of violence... "(not) freedom" - Sergey Lebedenko's debut novel about the constraining but attractive power of power.

“A novel that we have been waiting for a long time, which is coming true with frightening speed.”

Marina Stepnova

“The judicial novel by Sergey Lebedenko is a rare text for our latitudes. In the era of an emphasis on personal injury, he says - about the public injury.

“Theatrical business” here is his own, but therefore no less theatrical. On the stage there is a black box with the inscription “Court”, and it is proposed to play all unwilling.

the banality of evil does not cancel the need to outline its boundaries and call it by name. The name of this rose is unfreedom. "