Evgeny Vodolazkin is the author of the novels "Lavr", "Aviator", "Soloviev and Larionov", "Brisbane", "Justification of the Island", collections of short prose "Go Fearlessly" and "Instrument of Language", winner of the "Big Book", "Yasnaya Polyana" and "Book of the Year" awards. His books have been translated into many languages.
Isidor Chagin can memorize a text of any complexity and store it in his memory for as long as he wants. Phenomenal abilities become a difficult test for the hero, because Chagin is deprived of the simple human joy of forgetting. Everything he touches becomes literally unforgettable for him.
Every great gift is a violation of harmony. Memory needs oblivion, the word - silence, and fiction - reality. In life, they are intertwined as tightly as the tragic and comic in the novels of Evgeny Vodolazkin. The novel "Chagin" is no exception. Among its characters are Heinrich Schliemann and Daniel Defoe, secret agents, archivists and master of ceremonies, as well as a special authorial style - as always, one of the writer's main characters.
Author: Evgeniy Vodolazkin
Year of issue: 2022
Publisher: Elena Shubina Publishing House
Pages: 384
Cover type: Hardcover
Dimensions: 206x135x21 mm
ISBN: 978-5-17-151236-1