Скала. Владимир Войнович. Эпизоды биографии

V molodosty, nachav pysat, Vladymyr Voynovych mechtal byt yzvestnym v nebolshom krugu chytateley y vstroytsya v systemu. Yzvestnym — dovolno skoro — stal myllyonam. Systema ego prynyala. Odnako natura, kharakter, temperament, ostrota zrenyya, attycheskaya sol, ustroystvo lychnosty, nakonets, okazalys takovy, chto vstupyl s etoy systemoy v skhvatku y, chego malo kto ozhydal, pobedyl. Poroy kazhetsya, chto zhyzn pysatelya ne menee ynteresna, chem ego romany y povesty. Potaennaya lyubov, slava, dyssydentstvo, perezhytoe pokushenye, vynuzhdennaya emygratsyya, shypy y rozy, vozvrashchenye v Moskvu na kone…V osnove knygy — lychnye besedy, yntervyu, novye y maloyzvestnye dokumenty (na nykh sdelan glavnyy aktsent, eto podcherknutyy avtorskyy khod), bolshoy massyv «pysem 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".