Letters about the good and the beautiful

The name of D.S. Likhachev, a philologist, culturologist, art historian, academician, researcher of Old Russian literature, garden-park and temple architecture, iconographic works, is known to everyone today. Reading his books, you converse with a wise person whose thoughts and observations make you reflect on many things and reconsider much in your life. This collection consists of his letters-essays and various notes from his notebooks. In them - reflections on Russia, its cultural richness, literacy, language, remarkable traditions, the meaning of everything on earth... And of course, about the person himself, whose love for the homeland, home, family opens the way to a world of kindness and harmony, and the ability to understand art gives depth to one's perspective and happiness in communication.