“Isn’t there, in my soul, in his soul, in anyone else’s Russian soul, nothing but filth? This isn’t only sad—it’s terrifying. If no city stands without the Three Righteous, then how can a whole land stand with nothing but filth living in my and your soul, my reader?”
In the stories from the famous cycle “The Righteous,” we, together with Leskov, ask this terrible question and set off to search for those without whom “not a single city stands.”
Contents:
1. One Mind (Odnodum)
2. The Cadet Monastery
3. Pigmy
4. Torment of the Spirit
5. At the Edge of the World