Opravdanie Ostrova [Justifying the Island]

The action of the new novel by Evgeny Vodolazkin takes place on an Island that is not on the map, but its existence is beyond doubt. It cannot be found in history textbooks, and the events are painfully recognizable. The Middle Ages are intertwined with modernity, the universal with the personal, and tragedy with the grotesque. Here, the serene princes and chairmen of the Island, chroniclers and prophets, the lord of the bees and the talking cat easily coexist. According to ancient prophecy, the Island will face great trials. Will he be able to pass them when the earth begins to slip out from under his feet? .. 'Working on the novel' Laurus ', I was a doctor, holy fool, pilgrim and monk. Now, a decade later, I dared to become a chronicler - and felt how great a load responsibility of the one who captures the past. History is one of the names of experience. In the end, only history remains of life. The novel 'Justification of the Island' is devoted, of course, only to a part of the land