Mask and soul

In the memoir prose of the great Russian artist Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin entered the full form two autobiographical books - pages from my life and mask and soul. The first was written back in Russia - it tells about the thorny path of the singer to the tops of Glory. The second is created on the hillside of years in emigration and permeated pain from separation from homeland. Shalyapin writes about his spiritual development, about the alarms of conscience, about creative quest, reflects on art, recalls the outstanding personalities - M. Gorky, S. Mamontov, V.Sasov, I. Rupin, K. Korovin, V.Serov, A. Lunacharsky, T. Salvini, B. Show. Concludes a book meaningful memoir essay in the famous journalist and writer Andrei Sedyy, who closely knew Shalyapin in the last years of his life.
In addition to archival photos, the book includes the numerous drawings of the Shalyapin itself