Lonely Journey Before Winter

Viktor Remizov — writer, laureate of the «Big Book» award (2021) and «Book of the Year» (2021) for the novel «Permafrost», finalist of the «Russian Booker» (2014) and «Big Book» (2014) awards. The new book includes the story that gave the collection its title and short stories.

The small prose of Viktor Remizov is second only to his large novels in volume. In the stories and tales lie immense spaces, and time is compressed, not because of emptiness, but due to richness. Each story — a separate world, where the author's usual attention to nature and the existence of man within it is integrated into the plot, — and each poses important questions to the reader: about the attitude towards life, towards what surrounds us, towards the present and future, about what is truly important and worthy of filling existence. The author writes about loneliness, which honestly immerses a person into oneself, — and the amazing feeling of freedom that envelops in moments of unity with the world.