Restoring kinship. Essays. Portraits

The book of Konstantin Shilov "Restoration of kinship" is an exciting research trip in time: from the Pushkin era and until the 90s ended before our eyes of the 20th century. It consists of open and meaningful in different years. At the same time, the publication is characterized by internal integrity and is permeated by moral-ostro, a vital idea for us. Among the heroes of the book - next to Pushkin, P.A. Vyazemsky, V.A. Zhukovsky, the brothers N. and S. Krivtsov - people are unknown or long forgotten. Some of them were first included by the author in the circle of Pushkin’s acquaintances, others - like the inhabitants of the provincial Tarusa - were cordially friendly and "consonant" with the world of great literature, and others have put a lot of efforts to resurrect the memory of compatriots who were in a foreign land. The narrative includes, accompanying the story, and the images of remarkable researchers: P.V. Annenkova, T.G. Tsayavlovskaya, N.Ya. Eidelman ... The plot connects the history of literature with the history of art, and historical and cultural problems as a whole - with the theme - with the topic Russia as the Fatherland. The publication is interesting for rare documentary materials and illustrations, other of which are unique or little known.
The book of the writer-research is addressed to everyone who is the roads of the fate of Russian culture, it, who is still often in the shade, but an inexhaustible heritage