Процесс исключения

This book was written in different years. The first part of it, autobiographical, was written in 1974, immediately after I was expelled from the Union. The second part (“Additional Chapter”) was written in 1977-1978, and it is no longer about me alone. The book ends with an open letter from Georgy Vladimov, who himself renounced membership in the Union. Vladimov announced that he was excluding the Union of Writers from his life and calling on others to follow his example while remaining on their native land. This call, whether heeded or not, I consider very significant. If he finds a response to himself, then the true, natural, cleansing "process of elimination" will begin. L . Ch .

From the author March 12, 1978