"Parents' Day" is a poignant story about war, family ties, duty and love, where tragedy is intertwined with hope in a complex dialogue between generations. Perhaps this is the first experience of a new literature that closely resembles the "lieutenant's prose."

An experience based on Viktor Nekrasov's masterpiece and continuing the tradition of telling not about an event, but within an event. Inside an ordinary, distributed and divided life, where there are father and son Petrovs.

Dmitry Pavlovich Petrov was born in 1962 in Moscow.

Russian and Israeli writer, publicist and journalist. He became particularly famous for his books about the life and work of writers from the Sixties, exiles of the Third Wave: Aksenov, Gladilin, Maximov and others, where he deeply and lovingly explored their contribution to culture and society.

Dmitry Dmitrievich Petrov (Leshiy) was born in 1989 in Moscow.

He is an ethnographer, historian, and left-libertarian theorist and practitioner. He studied the Russian North and Kurdistan, as well as social movements. In his works and speeches, he discussed issues of social justice and political freedom. He wrote books and articles, and gave lectures on Kurdistan and the Middle East. I've been there. Since 2018, he has lived in Kiev. After the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, he and his comrades created an anti-Authoritarian volunteer group and went missing defending their ideas, freedom and peace.

Against the backdrop of a warring but vibrant city, the protagonist tries to understand and keep in touch with his son, who finds himself in the midst of tragic events. Through their dialogues, internal monologues and meetings with others, the reader discovers a deep psychological conflict between generations, issues of duty, personal responsibility and love. Dying for one's beliefs turns out to be a reality of today, not an anachronism from the golden age.

This book is not only a story about a family, but also a candid look at modern warfare, its daily routine and its impact on human destinies. The synthesis of documentary accuracy, lyrical warmth and philosophical reflections makes "Parents' Day" a work that touches the deepest strings of the soul and causes the reader to think about his place in this complex world.