Pushkin, help! Pecheikin V.V.

“We sincerely love literature. But in the life of each of us there is a period when we do not want to, but we must love it, ”the Russian playwright, screenwriter and writer Valery Pecheikin begins his essay collection. His (not) school works are saturated with sincere love for the classic works of Russian literature and the desire to prove that they are actually very cool. A semi-servant-semi-polling conversation on serious topics: why is Gogol crypt, how did Griboedov spoil the parties, who will win: Tolstoy or Shakespeare?

In the end, which of the authors adheres to the philosophy of the lazy cat and why does Kafka actually a great Russian writer?