"Terrible idol", or builders of hell on earth
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The works of Anatoly Elsner, a writer of the late XIX - early XX centuries, were published only during the life of the author. The Book Club of the Book Club provides an opportunity for the modern reader to get acquainted with his work. Among the creative heritage of the fiction writer is the historical ("King Peter the Great"), fantastic ("Iron Doctor") and mystical ("demoniating") novels, poems" Torquemada "," executioner and Christ "," Sleep down ", drama" Modern heroine "," Man of Fate (Napoleon) ".
Anti -utopia "" The Terrible idol ", or the builders of Hell on Earth" (1907) and the occult novel "Knight of the Spirit" (1915) were included in the publication of the book club. In the fantastic social novel "The Terrible Idol ..." Elsner tells of the "green paradise" - an ideal society lost in the mountains of the Caucasus. There, in peace and harmony, freedom and equality, people of unspoiled, proud and funny live. In their heads - the mind, and in their hearts - the truth and conscience. However, the Golden Age of any society is short -lived, and, according to the author, the nature of man is to blame for this. The “Knight of the Spirit” is an occult romance in which Elsner reflects on who people are - a product of the physical forces of nature or eternal spirits enclosed in the bodies. The main character, achieving an answer to this question, is trying to penetrate the great secrets of world laws. The author does not exclude that the beliefs of the hero and his faith in his own strength may be an illusion, but it concludes that the illusion is a mighty lever that can bring a person to the height of a humanoid deity. So who is the main character? A knight of spirit or sincerely ill, suffering from hallucinations? Let everyone decide for himself
Anti -utopia "" The Terrible idol ", or the builders of Hell on Earth" (1907) and the occult novel "Knight of the Spirit" (1915) were included in the publication of the book club. In the fantastic social novel "The Terrible Idol ..." Elsner tells of the "green paradise" - an ideal society lost in the mountains of the Caucasus. There, in peace and harmony, freedom and equality, people of unspoiled, proud and funny live. In their heads - the mind, and in their hearts - the truth and conscience. However, the Golden Age of any society is short -lived, and, according to the author, the nature of man is to blame for this. The “Knight of the Spirit” is an occult romance in which Elsner reflects on who people are - a product of the physical forces of nature or eternal spirits enclosed in the bodies. The main character, achieving an answer to this question, is trying to penetrate the great secrets of world laws. The author does not exclude that the beliefs of the hero and his faith in his own strength may be an illusion, but it concludes that the illusion is a mighty lever that can bring a person to the height of a humanoid deity. So who is the main character? A knight of spirit or sincerely ill, suffering from hallucinations? Let everyone decide for himself
Author:
Author:Elsner Anatoly Ottovich
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Science Fiction and Fantasy
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Russian Literary Archive
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4224-1437-6
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