Dmitry Bykov, the well-known prose writer and poet, bright publicist, in his book “Was Gorky Really There?” draws a figure of the classic writer, free of literary gloss and later mythology.
Where does Aleksei Peshkov end and Maxim Gorky begin? Who was he? A chronicler of everyday life, a singer of the urban slums? “The Storm Petrel of the Revolution”? An incurable romantic? Or did his life and writing position sometimes border on cold calculation? Whatever the case, Bykov is sure: “Gorky is a writer—great, monstrous, touching, strange, and completely necessary today.”
Contents:
Part 01. Tramp
Part 02. Exile
Part 03. Fugitive