In Shukshin’s works, the Russian village is described concisely yet meaningfully; his writing is characterized by a deep command of language and of everyday-life details. Often, profound moral problems take center stage, along with Russian national values and universal human values.
The “story of a soul” of the Russian person unfolds. People with difficult fates and complex characters are portrayed as whole, sincere, and with an unspent generosity of heart.
Contents:
01. Sorrow (reads Vladimir Levashyov)
02. Two Letters (reads Sergey Oleksyak)
03. Two on a Handcart (reads Vladimir Antonik)
04. An Opinion (reads Alexey Shulin)
05. Raskas (reads Vladimir Levashyov)
06. The Sun, an Old Man, and a Girl (reads Yegor Serov)
07. Dreams (reads Yuly Fait)
08. The Man Deriabin (reads Yuri Ilyin)
09. The Exam (reads Maksim Evseyev)