Summer of the Lord

Ivan Sergeyevich Shmelev (1873 - 1950) - Russian writer, publicist, Orthodox thinker, was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
The tragic events associated with the revolution and military events, especially the execution of the twenty -five -year -old son, officer of the tsarist army, in 1922 The year they moved Shmelev to emigration abroad. Boris Zaitsev wrote about Shmelev of that time: “The writer of strong temperament, passionate, stormy, very gifted and underground forever connected with Russia ...”
In many ways, the autobiographical novel “Summer of the Lord” (1933 - 1948) was written in exile. The protagonist, seven -year -old boy Vanya, talks about his memoirs from childhood, about his family, about events and holidays that are especially remembered.
I.A. Ilyin wrote about the “summer of the Lord”: “The great master of words and image, Shmelev created here in the greatest simplicity the sophisticated and unforgettable fabric of Russian life, in the words of accurate, rich, visual ... Russia and the Orthodox structure of its soul are shown here by the power of clairvoyant love.”