The Summer of the Lord

According to contemporaries, Ivan Shmelev became the "most Russian" of the émigré writers, who articulated all the "deep truth" about Russia, creating a purified, beautiful, and bright image, imbued with a higher meaning and faith. By transcending the boundaries of national literature, Shmelev's work acquired universal significance; his works gained European recognition and were translated into dozens of languages. The writer was nominated twice for the Nobel Prize in Literature. R

The novel "The Summer of the Lord" was written during the years of emigration and initially published in the form of separate essays, permeated with nostalgia for the lost homeland. A separate edition of "The Summer of the Lord," which consisted of three parts: "Holidays," "Joys," "Sorrows," was published in Paris in 1948 and was recognized as the pinnacle of the writer's creativity. "I show the face of Holy Russia, which I carry in my heart..." Shmelev wrote. "Russia, which peered into my child’s soul."