Everything is Alive... Stories. Portraits. Memories

In Irakli Andronikov's book «Everything is Alive…», his unique oral stories captivatingly captured the times. These are tales in characters, seen with his own eyes, where the author and the storyteller are united in one person. The second part of the book consists of sketches of the portraits of remarkable people from the past century, whose names are the history of our culture. And the third part contains stories about Lermontov, to whom Andronikov dedicated his life. «A wizard, a magician, a miracle worker, a sorcerer, — wrote Korney Chukovsky about him. – In all my long life, I have never encountered a single person who was even remotely similar to him. From various literary traditions, we know that in ancient times there were similar masters and artists. But their craftsmanship does not compare to what Irakli Andronikov possesses. The fact is that, as soon as he enters your room, along with him will enter a noisy and colorful crowd of Marshak, Kachalov, Fadeev, Simonov, Otto Yulievich Schmidt, Tynyanov, Pasternak, Vsevolod Ivanov, and Tarle…