When love leaves a person’s life, it makes room for illness: one stops taking care of oneself, lets oneself go, and if there is no close friend nearby, everything can end very badly. But if someone is found who is ready to share sorrow and grief, the illness will retreat, and a new chapter will begin in one’s судьба. Vladimir Makanin’s novel “Forerunner” is the story of a self-taught healer who selflessly came to the aid of hopelessly ill patients and was capable, with his generous heart, of loving the most worthless people. The talent possessed by the healer is only a temporary gift from heaven. But even in a short time, one can do very much…