Приключения секретного баптиста

by Bulat Okudzhava, Булат Окуджава

Вкрадчивый баритон в телефонной трубке осторожно спросил:
— Андрей Петрович?.. Наконец-то я вас разыскал. Здравствуйте, Андрей Петрович. — Голос был незнаком, приятен. — Я приехал из деревни, где вы когда-то работали, и привез вам приветы от бывших ваших сослуживцев…
— Очень рад, — сказал Андрей Шамин, — очень рад. Спасибо.
Три года назад он работал учителем в глухой деревушке. Видимо, его еще помнили. Впрочем, должны были помнить, ибо областная газета, в которой он теперь работал, иногда писала об этой деревне, и имя Андрея Шамина мелькало на полосах…

48 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1991

About the author

Bulat Shalvovich Okudzhava (also transliterated as Boulat Okudjava, Bulat Okudjava, Boulat Okoudjava, or Okoudzhava; Russian: Була́т Ша́лвович Окуджа́ва, Georgian: ბულატ ოკუჯავა) (May 9, 1924 – June 12, 1997) was a Soviet poet, writer, musician, novelist,singer-songwriter. He was one of the founders of the Russian genre called "author's song" (авторская песня, avtorskaya pesnya). He was of Georgian-Armenian origin, born in Moscow and died in Paris. He was the author of about 200 songs, set to his own poetry. His songs are a mixture of Russian poetic and folksong traditions and the French chansonnier style represented by such contemporaries of Okudzhava as Georges Brassens. Though his songs were never overtly political (in contrast to those of some of his fellow "bards"), the freshness and independence of Okudzhava's artistic voice presented a subtle challenge to Soviet cultural authorities, who were thus hesitant for many years to give official sanction to Okudzhava as a singer-songwriter.