Excerpts from fragments

Genre: Ironous confession. On the one hand, it reduces the level of stupidity and infantility, on the other hand, it amnestures random courage.
Alexander Shirvindt

In the new book “Excerpts from Scraps”, written in the midst of the Pandemia, actor and director Alexander Shirvindt discusses about the issues that are relevant for all of us - coronavirus and self -isolation, family and friends, football and successes of the Russian team at the Olympics.
Shirvindt addresses his memories: studying at school and teaching at the Schukin Theater Institute, work on performances and shooting in loved ones with all films. An unsurpassed storyteller, the author shares amazing stories about colleagues and friends, recalls Oleg Tabakov and Mark Zakharov, Andrei Mironov and Lyudmila Gurchenko, Mikhail Zhvanetsky and Bulat Okudzhava, Vladimir Menshov and Valentin Gaft, Mikhail Derzhavin and Zinovia Gerdt