Out of the Blue

V. G. Rasputin wrote in the 1990s a cycle of stories about Sen Pozdnyakov, a man who in the past was a “drunken lout,” who had appeared somewhere in the village of Zamory, and now is someone who has come to understand himself as part of the endless cycle of peasant life—who thinks about himself and the state, and shown the awakening and revival of a person’s character—his persistence when facing negative social and public phenomena.

Pozdnyakov, despite his vulnerability to the cruelty of the modern world, is full of creative energy. Therefore, another person nearby can find peace of mind.