The Source of Happiness

16 hrs. 34 min.

Language Russian

Author Polina Dashkova

Narrators Maxim Krivosheev, Polina Dashkova

Narrator Maxim Krivosheev

Narrator Polina Dashkova

People don’t want to live forever. They just don’t want to die—this human drama was “formulated” by Stanisław Lem long ago. “The Source of Happiness” is a saga about the life of a Moscow family of intelligentsia from 1916 to our days. The plot is based on the story of a medical discovery that became fatal for this family. As in other works by Dashkova, it’s hard to predict how events will unfold next and how everything will reflect in the fates of people. The love line intertwines closely with the detective plot: family dramas transform into dizzying investigations…

Pyotr Borisovich Colt is a billionaire who can acquire anything he wants—his desire is to restore youth so that he can live forever. He doesn’t trust myths about the philosopher’s stone or stem cells. His interest is a mysterious discovery made in Moscow in 1916 by Professor and military surgeon Sveshnikov. The essence of the discovery is unknown. All his records disappeared during the times of revolution and the civil war. And he disappeared too—unknown where, when he died. And did he die?

1. The Source of Happiness 2. Misterium Tremendum (narrated by Polina Dashkova, Maxim Krivosheev) 3. Sky Above the Abyss (narrated by Maxim Krivosheev, Polina Dashkova)