The Fortress
20 hrs. 18 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Pyotr Aleshkovsky
Author
Pyotr Aleshkovsky
Narrator
Igor Knyazev
Narrator
Igor Knyazev
Description
The novel The Fortress by Pyotr Aleshkovsky, finalist for the Big Book and Russian Booker awards.
Pyotr Aleshkovsky is a prose writer, historian, author of the novels The Life Story of Khorek, Harlequin, Vladimir Chigrintsev, Fish. After graduating from the Department of Archaeology at Moscow State University, he spent several years restoring monuments of the Russian North.
The main character of his new novel The Fortress is archaeologist Ivan Maltsov, a fanatic of his profession, honest and principled to the point of recklessness. He conducts excavations in an old Russian town, writes a book on the history of the Golden Horde, and himself β like the Mongol warrior from his dream-visions β rushes to save the ancient Fortress, which is threatened with destruction at the hands of local nouveaux riches and officials from the capital. Medieval legends receive a new interpretation, the action develops rapidly, and culminates in a sharp and unexpected finale.
Pyotr Aleshkovsky is a prose writer, historian, author of the novels The Life Story of Khorek, Harlequin, Vladimir Chigrintsev, Fish. After graduating from the Department of Archaeology at Moscow State University, he spent several years restoring monuments of the Russian North.
The main character of his new novel The Fortress is archaeologist Ivan Maltsov, a fanatic of his profession, honest and principled to the point of recklessness. He conducts excavations in an old Russian town, writes a book on the history of the Golden Horde, and himself β like the Mongol warrior from his dream-visions β rushes to save the ancient Fortress, which is threatened with destruction at the hands of local nouveaux riches and officials from the capital. Medieval legends receive a new interpretation, the action develops rapidly, and culminates in a sharp and unexpected finale.
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