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Сергей Шаргунов очень социальный писатель - его литература и его образ мысли в какой-то мере являются олицетворением нашего общества. Автор был прямым участником политических событий, которые уже сегодня можно назвать новейшей историей страны. По сути, книга автобиографична - это и картины советского детства? и воспитание в семье священника, юношеский бунт, взлеты и поражения, поездки в Чечню и в революционную Киргизию, случайные и неслучайные встречи, судьбы близких и неблизких людей, любовь. Это восторг узнавания, боль сопереживания и неожиданные открытия целого поколения.

224 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2011

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Сергей Шаргунов

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Сергей Александрович Шаргунов (12 мая 1980, Москва) — русский писатель.

Родился в семье православного священника Александра Шаргунова, преподавателя Духовной академии.

Писатель. Выпускник МГУ (2002), специальность — журналист-международник. Автор книг прозы, выпущенных в издательствах АСТ, «Вагриус», «Эксмо», «Альпина Нон-Фикшн». Один из романов переведен на итальянский язык и вышел в Риме. С 2000 года — постоянный автор журнала «Новый мир» как прозаик и критик. Лауреат независимой премии «Дебют» в номинации «Крупная проза». Лауреат государственной премии Москвы в области литературы и искусства. Финалист премии «Национальный бестселлер».

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September 25, 2013
A Book Without Photographs carries a lesson, very simplistic, seen through the child's eyes at first, wisdom of an adult who grew up on the ruins of old reality and took part in building a new one. And that, takes some serious guts. Try keeping it together when the world you knew is being destroyed right in front of you - your safety net does not exist anymore, you need to develop a coping mechanism, you need to grow a thick skin... and you are only a teen. What it takes to remain faithful to your own character, to the truth as you know it, to decency and to a code of honor - Shargunov says it out loud, albeit his way may be considered sub-standard by some picky critics. But, see, the reason why Russian literature is blooming and why Russians remain a mystery to the rest of the world, is in the way Russian publishers deal with their Russian authors - respecting the original concept, appreciating writer's style whatever that may be, being a vehicle in the author's dialogue with their reader. Something that American publishers have forgotten somehow, creating a generation of readers and writers and their critics who won't be able to get through a book if it is not written according to a familiar and predictable pattern, resulting in brain death of today's American reader. Sad and outrageous, and a good thing there are publishers in the West trying to undo the damage by facilitating a dialogue between two reading cultures, so different, and yet so alike. Read the book, understand that the way it's rendered in English is the way the author speaks to his reader and how he wants to engage you in a conversation about something meaningful - the real value of memories.
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September 23, 2013
Born the son of a of a Russian Orthodox priest, Sergei Shargunov would grow up to become a political activist, a journalist and an award winner writer. A Book Without Photographs is his attempt to tell the story of his family life, his upbringing during the fall of the Soviet Union, his journalist pursuits in war-torn lands, and his aspirations to become a politician. All, as advertised, without the use of visual aids of any kind.

The volume starts with the highly charged essay entitled My Soviet Childhood, which introduces readers to Shargunov as young child, speaks to the political climate of the time, and foreshadows his later desire to pursue the career of a writer:

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December 29, 2023
Неровная книга. Где Шаргунов искренен — читается на одном дыхании. Где говорить не может — скукотень страшная. Мемуары мальчика из хорошей семьи, служившего алтарником в храме отца, оказываются интереснее мемуаров федерального политика. Похоже просто, что политику воспоминания стоило писать на десять лет позже.
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