Translucent pilimpsest. Stories, essays and notes. Barattarlo G.

The stories and essays of Gennady Alexandrovich Barattarlo (1949-2019), philologist, poet, translator and researcher of the work of V.V. Nabokov, cannot but surprise. Literary and philosophical images caused by them to life cover a huge temporary period from St. Augustine to Pushkin and from dam to Shestov, and a fresh, accurate, refined tongue reminds the reader of the highest literary patterns. This is the prose of the artist who devoted his whole life to the study of literature, and until the end of his days not only preserved the taste of his native speech, but also increased the gifts.