The formula of everything. Faleev D., Varenkova E.

What does Russian literature know about gypsies? We remember the story of Aleo and Zemfira from Pushkin's early poem, the legends of the old woman Isergil or a pear from the story of Nikolai Leskov. However, the image of gypsies in literary texts was often constructed on the basis of exotic stereotypes. The novel by Dmitry Faleev and Evgenia Varenkova “Formula of everything” maintains a connection with the traditions of Russian classics, but at the same time it goes against them: the world of gypsy culture, its inhabitants and their folklore constitute a whole and authentic artistic universe of the book. Old man Musha Khristoforov goes on a trip to make the older grandson of Drago for the beauty of waving.

In the adventures that are waiting for the heroes on this path, they will help them with house cacarange - one of the last representatives of their unusual kind. This is fantasy, written with ethnographic attention to the culture of the gypsies, does not just entertain the reader with exotic and adventures: for heroes, each turn of the plot is associated with new tormenting issues and fundamental problems. Dmitry Faleev is a writer, journalist, winner of the Debut Award. As an amateur ethnographer, he studied the culture and life of the gypsy.

Evgenia Varenkova - writer, playwright.