Four seasons

Is there far from each other four sides of the world, four times of the year, four elements? Do I need to look for a new coordinate system in the world of the XXI century, or is it and forever defined by historical experience? Does Russia change in the cultural map of the planet? The starting point of the author"s travels on two dozen countries of the three continents is the Czech Republic. From here, from the geographical center of the Old World, it goes in search of answers to Paris and Istanbul, in Madrid and Omsk, in Amsterdam and Kyiv, in Verona and Kaliningrad, in the ancient Orthodox monasteries of Northern Greece, to the Egyptian desert, in Copenhagen Quarter Hippie, descends In Slovenian karst caves, rises in a balloon in the sky over Prague. Among the heroes of the book are historical characters and glorified writers, great composers and popular rock musicians, famous scientists and eccentric inventors. Among the research items are issues of the relationship and interpenetration of cultures, religions, languages, gastronomic, literary, musical traditions. The new book of the famous journalist Andrei Sharp is written in the genre of ironic art essays that combine travel prose, historical notes and journalistic deviations