Sandro from Chegem. Iskander F.

“Sandro from Chegem” is a central work in the work of Fazil Iskander, a living classic of Russian literature, which gave it the warm light of Abkhazia, its sparkling temperament, its living, passionate poetry. The novels, which made up the novel, went out at different times over the years, were filmed more than once. And gradually the “Plutovsky novel” (by definition of the author) grew into a true epic. The genre belonging of the novels that made up the epic is very diverse - we will meet drama, a fairy tale, and a parable, and even a dashing detective. The storyteller of most of them, the old Uncle Sandro, lived a long life full of whimsical turns and bright events. The peasant, Abrek, a lover of the Svan princess, dancer, Tamada, plow and sage - he saw a lot in his lifetime and understood a lot in this life.