Summer of the Lord. Shmelev I.

According to contemporaries, Ivan Shmelev became “the most Russian” of the emigrant writers who pronounced the whole “deep truth” about Russia, creating it cleared of accidents, a beautiful and bright image, spiritualized by higher meaning and faith. Having gone beyond the scope of national literature, the work of Shmelev gained universal significance; His works received European fame and were translated into dozens of languages. The writer twice was nominated for the Nobel Prize in literature. The real edition included the most significant works of Ivan Shmelev, which represent the main milestones of his creative path: the story “Man from the restaurant”, “Rosstani”, “Inexhaustible Chalice”, the epic “The Sun of the Dead”, the novels “Summer of the Lord” and “The Mother of God”.