The letter in the snow

Mikhail Shishkin was born in Moscow in 1961, lives in Switzerland. The author of the novels “Notes of Larionov”, “Ishmael’s capture”, “Venus of the hair”, “Writer” and the literary and historical guide “Russian Switzerland”. Laureate of the Prizes “Big Book”, “Russian Bouquer” and “National bestseller.”
“Robert Walzer, James Joyce, Vladimir Sharov.
During life, only a few connoisseurs of real literature understood and loved them. The big life of their books began only, alas, after death. So it was with Valser and Joyce. I have no doubt, so it will be with Volodya Sharov. To determine the true value of such authors, you need a distance.
I write about those writers who are dear to me and important. The name letter in the snow is taken from the ending of the essay about Valser. The dead writer was found by children on a Christmas walk, his body lay in the snow, like the letter of an unhealthy alphabet. Writers become letters, and letters do not know death. ” (Mikhail Shishkin)