Heavenly paths

The novel “Heavenly Way” is based on the real story of the relationship of two loving people, their life and spiritual path. In the center of the story is the fate of the unbelieving engineer Viktor Vaidengammer and deeply believing, meek and internally strong Darinka Queen. The meeting with Darinka opens before Victor a new, unfamiliar world to him, and her love and deep faith help him to go through a difficult, full of doubt, the path of insight. The book naturally describes the movement from sin to repentance and faith. The prototype of the protagonist ended his life in the Optina Desert, taking monastic tonsure.
recognized Russian classic, Nobel Prize nominee in literature (1931, 1932), Shmelev wrote this book for more than fifteen years (1935-1950) The first volume of the novel “The Path of Heaven” was completed by Shmelev in May 1936, the second was written in 1944-1947. The death of the writer in 1950 broke the work on the third volume