The Animator

11 hrs. 1 min.

Language Russian

Author Andrey Volos

Narrator Mikhail Kitel

Description

"The Animator" is one of the most unusual novels of our time, whimsically combining gripping plot fantasy with detailed psychological depth of style. Andrei Volos, winner of the Russian Booker for the novel "Return to Panjrud," once again breaks his own rules in order to surprise the reader. His novel is action-packed, vividly dramatic — and… lyrical, even sentimental. It has blood, sensuality, pain, and tenderness — everything a real book needs. The hero of the novel has the rare ability to feel the souls of the recently deceased and transform them into colored light. The more the dead person’s loved ones can tell about them, the better the animator’s work will go. The more talented the animator, the brighter the fire will burn in the mysterious "Kraft flask." A brilliant professional has to reconstruct the souls of suicide terrorists, their accidental victims, and the "federals." He is offered dangerous deals in this world of madness… And the writer Volos thinks about how to outplay fate, doom. He knows: we all want to achieve immortality — both the heroes and the authors who watch their race. Guesses about destinies, igniting souls — is that not a metaphor for the writer’s craft?