Banner. 2019. No. 11

The generic feature of Russian literature is a fearless entry into the sphere of social. "Sociality, sociality or death!" - The covenant of a frantic Vissarion at times goes to the second or third plan, but does not disappear at all - even "stylistic disagreements" with the authorities, as we recall from not so distant Soviet history, the desired sociality is returned and actualized not only through direct speech - through the esopes, the language, Through a metaphor and allusion, there are many techniques in our literature.
The theme of this number, traditionally designated by a white ribbon on the cover, is the anger of the day. The gospel "dominates the bottom of his anger" translates this: every day his own care. Care - an intense civilian feeling - returns to a new literature, to the screen and scene, responding to an acute request of the day. On the domestic production of capitalism and its consequences, about the stratification of society, about the daily life of poor children, about the disappearing "working class" are told by our famous and completely new authors in different genres, from the novel and play in poems to the essay, essay, round table and reviews