Island of Jonah. Metaroman

Anatoly Kim (born 1939) is a sign figure in informal Russian literature of the last third of the 20th century. The writer"s childhood passed in Central Asia, where his Korean ancestors moved back in the 19th century, and the youth on the island of Sakhalin - the frequent locus of his novels. The complex artistic and philosophical worlds of the writer, closely related to his rich personal biography, become the subject to protect dissertations on philology and wide study in academic circles. Foreign critics call Kim a representative of magical realism, his works are filled with the intersection of cultural codes, religious movements and realistic lines.
Meta -roman "Island of Iona" is the author of the author, first published in the magazine "New World" in 2001. An autobiographical beginning is inscribed in the mystical plot of the novel, and the main character is a writer who, along with his characters, goes in search of the mysterious island of Jonah. Biblical history, ancient Eastern texts, personal revelations of the author -