Severe dreams

"Mr. Sologub belongs, of course, to difficult writers: his psychology, his manner of writing, occupying his ideas - everything is like low, raw, lead clouds. They will not please a no way, they will not facilitate anyone"s soul, ”wrote Vasily Rozanov about the work of Fedor Sologub. Perhaps this is the most direct and honest definition of the manner of Sologub.
His novel "Heavy Dreams" began in 1883, ended in 1894, is considered the first Russian decadent novel. The stigma was appropriated by all the advanced literary magazines immediately after the publication: "Russian thought" - "decadent nonsense, mixed with rude, exaggerated naturalism", "Russian messenger" - "curious literary incident, baseless invention, etc. But this A work, here is decadence, symbolism, modernism and neo -display of Sologub. Behind the multi -layer, a completely realistic story of the teacher of Login is hidden