Daring or licking. Historical-literary research

This book tells about the history of the creation and development in the 1958-1962 newspaper "literature and life" (before its transformation into the weekly "literary Russia") Made at the dawn thawed with the participation of Nikita Khrushchev, the new writer"s publication had every chance to turn into a free tribune for artists belonging to the most different trends and groups. But instead, it became, almost the main banner of the guardians, frequently not one writing fate.
Basic events in the book are given against the background of an acute contraction, which turned around in the years of thaw between conservatives and liberals. Alexander Treardovsky, Leonid Leonov, Konstantin Powhovsky, Mikhail Sholokhov, Konstantin Simonov, Kornei Chukovsky, Leonid Sobolev, Vsevolod Kochetov and other classics of Soviet literature were involved in this battle. But while Panya fought, Chubi flew in Yuri Kazakov, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, Vasily Aksenov, Andrei Voznesensky, Vladimir Maksimov and other their talented peers.
It is worth noting that the book is written by a historian of literature by Vyacheslav Ogzanko based on the study of Ragal Foundations, Rgani and other public and private archives. It also uses meetings with people who have had a significant impact on the literary policies of the period thaw