The granny was pleased between the two millstones. Essays of exile. Solzhenitsyn A.I.

The book of A. I. Solzhenitsyn “Praised the Blessing of the Two Worners” - the continuation of his first memoir prose “A calf with an oak” combined. During the years of exile (1974-1994), the writer got to resist both the communist system and the worst component of Western civilization-a perverted understanding of freedom, democracy, rights and duties of a person, due to the departure of a fair part of society from spiritual values. But the two “millstones” did not grind the “granny”.

The artist remained an artist, and therefore the essays of exile turned out to be essays on literary life-both in a bitter-ironic sense and in the sense of direct and high: We have a history of the creation of the “Red Wheel”. The literature here is inseparable from life, and difficult trials - from the joyful acceptance of the world. Therefore, a happy family life is described in detail in the essays, because here with equal power it is said “on a foreign side and spring is not red” and - with admiration! - “How diverse the Earth”, therefore, portraits are so important - close friends and charming people, only once met, but caused unforgettable affection. The palette of the book is rarely multi -color, but literally any episode is enlightened by Solzhenitsyn's main passion - love for Russia, anxiety about its fate.