Тяжелый дым

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977) - Russian writer, a prominent representative of the first wave of Russian Abroad, who wrote in English after moving to the USA (1940). What Nabokov wrote over half a century of creativity - stories, novels, plays, essays, studies, literary translations - amounted, figuratively speaking, to an entire continent. Readers of our country discovered this absolutely amazing - in terms of language, style, range of feelings, subtlety of perception of the surrounding world, system of images, way of thinking and the possibility of penetrating into someone else's "I" - incomparable continent relatively recently. One of Nabokov’s favorite topics is the theme the entry of a young man into life, his “growing into” a complex interweaving of good and evil, love and hatred, sincerity and falsehood, the beautiful clarity of the sky and the fierce power of the earth. This theme in Nabokov organically connects with the theme of Russia - the lost homeland and accompanies both the author and his heroes throughout his life. This theme became central in this book, which opens the Blue and Green series. The series is intended for youth.