The Chimera's Smile

10 hrs. 9 min.

Language Russian

Author Olga Fiks

Narrator Vyacheslav Zadvornykh

Description

The novel by Olga Fix unfolds in a country of victorious communism. Hunger, cold, and poverty have been eradicated everywhere. Wars, terrorist attacks, and revolutions are forgotten. All people have equal rights and work peacefully for the benefit of society. Children are raised in boarding schools. The book’s heroes are senior high school students. The kids can’t stand constant life behind fences and under supervision. At the first convenient opportunity, they run over the fence in search of adventures. What are those strange structures, fenced in with barbed wire, that have grown far beyond the hills? Why is there security and a watchtower with mysterious “whiskers” that sway from side to side? What mysterious illness keeps their friends on a hospital bed for long months? In their search for answers, the heroes wage an unequal fight with the system, defending each person’s right to be themselves.