Скала. Владимир Войнович. Эпизоды биографии

V molodosti, nachav pisatʹ, Vladimir Voĭnovich mechtal bytʹ izvestnym v nebolʹshom krugu chitateleĭ i vstroitʹsi͡a v sistemu. Izvestnym - dovolʹno skoro - stal millionam. Sistema ego prini͡ala. Odnako natura, kharakter, temperament, ostrota zrenii͡a, atticheskai͡a solʹ, ustroĭstvo lichnosti, nakonet͡s, okazalisʹ takovy, chto vstupil s ėtoĭ sistemoĭ v skhvatku i, chego malo kto ozhidal, pobedil. Poroĭ kazhetsi͡a, chto zhiznʹ pisateli͡a ne menee interesna, chem ego romany i povesti. Potaennai͡a li͡ubovʹ, slava, dissidentstvo, perezhitoe pokushenie, vynuzhdennai͡a ėmigrat͡sii͡a, shipy i rozy, vozvrashchenie v Moskvu na kone…V osnove knigi - lichnye besedy, intervʹi͡u, novye i maloizvestnye dokumenty (na nikh sdelan glavnyĭ akt͡sent, ėto podcherknutyĭ avtorskiĭ khod), bolʹshoĭ massiv "pisem drugu".

When Vladimir Voinovich started writing in his youth, he dreamed of being known in a small circle of readers and integrating himself into the system. He became famous — pretty soon — to millions. The system accepted it. However, nature, character, temperament, visual acuity, attic salt, and personality structure finally turned out to be such that he entered into a battle with this system and, what few expected, won. Sometimes it seems that the writer's life is no less interesting than his novels and novellas. Secret love, fame, dissidence, surviving an assassination attempt, forced emigration, thorns and roses, returning to Moscow on horseback…The book is based on personal conversations, interviews, new and little—known documents (the main focus is on them, this is an emphasized author's move), a large array of "letters to a friend".