Roots of the Oak: Impressions and Reflections on England and the English
9 hrs. 4 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vsevolod Ovchinnikov
Author
Vsevolod Ovchinnikov
Narrator
Igor Gmyza
Narrator
Igor Gmyza
Description
An up-to-date and reliable “guidebook” to Japan and England.
Vsevolod Vladimirovich Ovchinnikov is an international journalist and a writer who worked for many years in China, Japan, and England. A new direction in domestic journalism is associated with his name—the creation of a psychological portrait of foreign society.
The author’s creative credo: “to convince the reader that you can’t measure someone else’s life by your own measure; you can’t rely on the usual system of values and criteria, because they are in no way universal—just as the grammatical norms of our native language are not universal.”
“Roots of the Oak” is truly a masterpiece of Russian journalism. The striking vividness and imagery of the language, the astonishing depth of immersion into the distinctive world of English and Japanese national culture, draw the reader in and serve as a key to understanding foreign reality. In 1985, for these works, the author was awarded the State Prize of the USSR.
Vsevolod Vladimirovich Ovchinnikov is an international journalist and a writer who worked for many years in China, Japan, and England. A new direction in domestic journalism is associated with his name—the creation of a psychological portrait of foreign society.
The author’s creative credo: “to convince the reader that you can’t measure someone else’s life by your own measure; you can’t rely on the usual system of values and criteria, because they are in no way universal—just as the grammatical norms of our native language are not universal.”
“Roots of the Oak” is truly a masterpiece of Russian journalism. The striking vividness and imagery of the language, the astonishing depth of immersion into the distinctive world of English and Japanese national culture, draw the reader in and serve as a key to understanding foreign reality. In 1985, for these works, the author was awarded the State Prize of the USSR.
