Narrow Sky, Wide River

A tale of old friendship and its lingering grievances, of skeletons that remain in the closets of even the closest, of river expanses and a high sky that remains indifferent to human problems.A small nostalgic tale by one of the... leading contemporary authors writing in Russian, the laureate of the "Russian Booker" and the "Big Book" Alexander Ilichevsky. This is a journey into the past undertaken by several old friends as they float on a raft across the surface of a wide river. It will not be a spoiler to say that during this short but emotionally rich journey, unresolved grievances and undying skeletons will rise from the depths of memory, and the wounds of youth will be laid bare to the extent that only old friendship can heal them — will it? Filled with dialogue, Ilichevsky's tale is a frozen imprint of a past that is never serene. And no one will leave offended. Rather, so: no one will leave.