A family chronicle intertwined with historical investigation. A time of change and a time of pain…
Sergey Shargunov (born 1980) is a prose writer, editor-in-chief of the magazine “Yunost,” and host of the TV program “The Open Book.” He is the author of V. P. Kataev’s biography in the ZhZL series (“The Big Book” award), the novels “Hurray!” and “A Book Without Photographs” (shortlisted for the “National Bestseller”), and the short story collection “Our Own.”
1993—the civil war in the center of Moscow. A time of great hopes and great upheavals. He and she are on different sides of the barricades. The story of one family suddenly turns out to be the story of the whole country…