Illuminated Windows. Epilogue. In 2 Volumes

On the centenary of the birth of the famous master of Russian prose Veniamin Kaverin (1902-1989), a two-volume collection of his memoirs has been published.The first book includes the autobiographical trilogy "Illuminated Windows," narrating the beginning of the writer's life... path.The second volume is the memoirs "Epilogue," written by the author without any hope for its publication. As Kaverin noted, this is "not just memories - it is a deeply personal book about the shadow side of our literature," "about the deformation of talent," about the compromise with power and the desire to resist that compromise.The memoirs are marked by extreme frankness, depth of self-analysis, and subtle psychology.