Sister of Sorrow and Other Life Stories
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Sister of Sorrow and Other Life Stories
29.99 €
In Shefner's "fantastic" volume, published in two editions by Azbuka, it was noted that the foundation of Shefner's writing is the principle of the ordinary miracle. An ordinary miracle, yes. Of course, these are modest geniuses, the heroes of Shefner's stories, for whom miracles are not miracles at all—they did it, they thought it up, they rigged it up, and then it just happened: the main thing is that this miracle brings joy to someone. Or benefit. Or transforms the world for the benefit of good people. Which rarely, if ever, happens in life.
In this book, the miracle lies elsewhere. Not in "made it, devised it, rigged it up." Called "Sister of Sorrow" after its main essay... no, rather, the confessions of a hero who has experienced so much in life that God forbid anyone else should experience the same... this book is about the meaning of life and the difficult paths a person takes to ultimately understand why they are in life and what they are for. War, the difficult pre-war years, dreams, hopes, and desires devoured by the Hegelian mole of history—in these artless stories, collected under one cover, we are revealed the life of a person, a witness, an accomplice, and ultimately an interlocutor, if the person eventually speaks the same language as them—and this is real life, aged, like aged wine, which does not dull, but inspires.
Just as The Debtor's Shack included all of Sheffner's "fantasy" (or rather, a modern fairy tale), this collection includes a complete collection of his realistic prose, including autobiographical pieces, war diaries, and works that have not been reprinted for decades.
In this book, the miracle lies elsewhere. Not in "made it, devised it, rigged it up." Called "Sister of Sorrow" after its main essay... no, rather, the confessions of a hero who has experienced so much in life that God forbid anyone else should experience the same... this book is about the meaning of life and the difficult paths a person takes to ultimately understand why they are in life and what they are for. War, the difficult pre-war years, dreams, hopes, and desires devoured by the Hegelian mole of history—in these artless stories, collected under one cover, we are revealed the life of a person, a witness, an accomplice, and ultimately an interlocutor, if the person eventually speaks the same language as them—and this is real life, aged, like aged wine, which does not dull, but inspires.
Just as The Debtor's Shack included all of Sheffner's "fantasy" (or rather, a modern fairy tale), this collection includes a complete collection of his realistic prose, including autobiographical pieces, war diaries, and works that have not been reprinted for decades.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Russian Literature. Big Books