Опубликовано в журнале Дружба Народов, номер 11, 2005
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The new stories by the well-known Russian author take root in our everyday life but thanks to the writer’s vigorous imagination and special sense of humor acquire a somewhat fanciful tinge.
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Extracts from the diary of a Ukrainian journalist, in which personal, even intimate events and attitudes mingle with social and political. This alloy of meditations, lyrical sketches and confessions presents a striking illustration to the history of interrelationships of Russia and Ukraine at the beginning of the XXI century, that is — to the prehistory of the “orange revolution” which later took place in Kiev.
IRINA VINOKUROVA. A Marvellous Country of Drusia.
The history, spirituality, traditions and way of life and thinking of this people living in disperse in Israel, Lebanon, Syria and maybe other countries are full of mysteries. The author vividly paints and tries to look inside the peculiar world of druses.