Shukshin. Free will. Varlamov A.

The fate of Vasily Makarovich Shukshin (1929-1974) incorporated all the ups and failures of the Russian twentieth century. The son of an Altai peasant executed on the false accusations, he managed to make his way to the very top of Soviet public life, without having lost the root national feeling, thanks to the huge natural will and extraordinary will. A peasant, a worker, an intellectual, an actor, a director, a writer, a Russian warrior, Shukshin, fed Russia, became its exacting intercessor, tough trample before the authorities, while remaining an incredibly secretive, “encrypted” person.

How did Shukshin become Shukshin? What kind of childhood fell to him and how did his mysterious youth go? How did his relationship with the authorities, the Church, the literary and cinematic environment develop? How did personal life affect his work? What are the past, present and future of Russia? Finally, what did Shukshin succeeded and did not manage to do?

Aleksey Varlamov, a well -known prose writer, a literature historian, relying on letters, working records, archival documents, memoir certificates, made an attempt to “decipher” his hero, and at The reader was able to re-meet Vasily Shukshin.

2nd edition.