Когда рок-н-ролл был зеленым: роман

Deĭstvie romana nachinaetsi͡a v kont͡se 1960-kh, kogda dzhaz i rok eshche neglasno razresheny. Na volne bitlomanii leningradskie studenty sozdai͡ut gruppu "Zelenye muravʹi", igrai͡ut zapadnyĭ rok i zavoevyvai͡ut uspekh. Ottepelʹ perekhodit v zastoĭ, russkiĭ rok nachinaet dominirovatʹ, vlii͡anie tradit͡siĭ i ofit͡sialʹnykh zapretov proi͡avli͡aetsi͡a v razlichnykh sferakh zhizni, i rebi͡ata vybirai͡ut kompromiss, dobavli͡ai͡a v repertuar populi͡arnye v te gody pesni sovetskikh avtorov. Ucheba, repetit͡sii, stroĭotri͡ady, gastroli. Bespechnai͡a studencheskai͡a zhiznʹ, rast͡svechennai͡a li͡ubovnoĭ istorieĭ odnogo iz geroev romana. Kholernai͡a Astrakhanʹ i severnye stroĭki, mangyshlakskai͡a stepʹ i lagerʹ trudnovospituemykh podrostkov, kurortnye sezony v Sochi i kont͡serty v leningradskikh vuzakh - vse ėto i eshche mnogo-mnogo pesen sozdaet zhivui͡u zarisovku nashego nedavnego proshlogo.

The novel begins in the late 1960s, when jazz and rock were still secretly allowed. In the wake of beatlemania, Leningrad students create the band "Green Ants", play Western rock and gain success. The thaw turns into stagnation, Russian rock begins to dominate, the influence of traditions and official prohibitions manifests itself in various spheres of life, and the guys choose a compromise, adding songs by Soviet authors popular in those years to the repertoire. Studies, rehearsals, construction teams, tours. A carefree student's life, highlighted by the love story of one of the characters in the novel. Cholera Astrakhan and the northern construction sites, the Mangyshlak steppe and the camp of difficult-to-educate teenagers, the resort seasons in Sochi and concerts at Leningrad universities - all this and many more songs create a vivid sketch of our recent past.