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The book "Farewell to Illusions" Vladimir Pozner wrote twenty-one years ago. Wrote in English. In the United States, it was on the New York Times bestseller list for twelve weeks. Posner believed that he would immediately translate his book into Russian, but, as he said: "It was too difficult for me, I'll wait a bit." Waited eighteen years - the translation was completed in 2008. For three more years, he pondered how to reflect these past years in the manuscript. And only now, according to the author, the time has come to publish the Russian version of the book Farewell to Illusions. These are not just memoirs of a man with a very difficult, but truly dizzying fate: Posner was born in Paris, spent his childhood in New York, and only at the age of 18 he first came to Moscow. Desperately wanting to become Russian, he is still trying to figure out who he is and where his real homeland is. The book is interesting because Vladimir Pozner saw many of the major events of the 20th century "from different sides of the barricades" and is able to tell about it in a fascinating and very sharp way. But the main thing is that he is trying to soberly and impartially evaluate Russia, America and Europe. Posner knows from the inside our and Western television, the political behind the scenes and the life of the elites. For the first time in Russian literature of the 21st century, the author dares to honestly discuss issues of national identity, religion, politics and the peculiarities of the Russian mentality. This book will certainly change our attitude towards memoirs, because. Before that, with such frankness, irony and depth, no one wrote about his life, country and our era. "Farewell to Illusions" ... Many people can subscribe to the title of the book. Of those who read this book, all will subscribe. "Posner is like a man in love with two women. Russia is a legal wife, to whom he is infinitely devoted, America is a lover who has forever "sunk" in his heart. Sharply!" Washington Post Book World