Против справедливости. Повесть, эссе, интервью

Chto znachit obresti svoi͡u identichnostʹ ne po faktu rozhdenii͡a, a v prot͡sesse dolgoĭ i neprostoĭ kulʹturnoĭ ėvoli͡ut͡sii? Chto znachit vsegda bytʹ "drugim" - dli͡a obshchestva, dli͡a kulʹtury, dli͡a samogo sebi͡a, nakonet͡s? V novoĭ knige Leonida Girshovicha proizvedenii͡a raznykh zhanrov obʺedineny temoĭ evreĭstva - ot karnavalʹnogo obygryvanii͡a si͡uzheta Rozhdestva v povesti "Raduĭsi͡a" do ėsse ob antisemitizme, prot͡sessakh nad nat͡sistskimi prestupnikami i o tom, sleduet li nakazyvatʹ zlodeev vo imi͡a spravedlivosti. Na stranit͡sakh knigi poi͡avli͡ai͡utsi͡a svi͡atye i greshniki, gonimye i goniteli, genii i nichtozhestva, palachi i zhertvy - kazhdyĭ iz nikh obretaet v proze i ėsseistike avtora i͡azykovui͡u i chelovecheskui͡u individualʹnostʹ. Leonid Girshovich - pisatelʹ i muzykant, avtor romanov i povesteĭ "Obmenënnye golovy" (1992), "Praĭs" (1998), "Viĭ. Vokalʹnyĭ t͡sikl Shuberta na slova Gogoli͡a" (2005), "Fashizm i naoborot" (2006), "Shautbenakht" (2006).

What does it mean to find your identity not by birth, but in the process of a long and difficult cultural evolution? What does it mean to always be "different" — for society, for culture, for yourself, finally? In the new book by Leonid Girshovich, works of various genres are united by the theme of Jewry - from the carnival play on the plot of Christmas in the story "Rejoice" to essays on anti-Semitism, trials of Nazi criminals and whether villains should be punished in the name of justice. Saints and sinners, persecuted and persecutors, geniuses and nonentities, executioners and victims appear on the pages of the book — each of them acquires a linguistic and human individuality in the author's prose and essay. Leonid Girshovich is a writer and musician, author of novels and novellas "Exchanged Heads" (1992), "Price" (1998), "Viy. Schubert's vocal cycle on Gogol's Words" (2005), "Fascism and Vice Versa" (2006), "Schoutbenacht" (2006).