Corridor. Family Chronicle in Two Parts

Sergei Kaledin's books have been published in large editions, translated into many languages, a film has been made based on the story "The Humble Cemetery," and a play has been staged at the "Contemporary" theater. The story "Stroybat" was turned by Lev Dodin into the famous play "Gaudeamus," which toured many theaters around the world. The new book by the renowned writer is a combination of a work written over thirty years ago and an updated novel "Corridor" with a contemporary retelling of his family's saga. Truthfully and engagingly recounting his life, relatives, acquaintances, and neighbors, Kaledin generously enriches the description with precise details, creating a sense of the reader's personal presence alongside the characters, a recognition of events - and the family saga transforms into a documentary-artistic history of the country's life over the course of more than a hundred years. According to Alexander Kabakov, Kaledin "described his loved ones, but it turned out that it was about all humanity..."