Collected Works. Volume 7. 2010-2012

The famous novel by the master of "grotesque realism" Yuri Polyakov, "The Gypsum Trumpeter," has no analogues in contemporary domestic literature in terms of interest, genre originality, or thematic scope. This "ironic epic," as critics called it, combines elements of a detective story, a love story, a psychological novel, and social satire, and its abundance of brilliant inserted novellas resembles the "Decameron." As always, the author captivates the reader with a virtuoso plot twist, conquers with bright and complex character traits, delights with a sharp ironic style, surprises with unexpected metaphors and aphorisms, and moves with refined eroticism. The second book includes the third and fourth parts of the novel – "Male Lover and Male Beloved" and "Feast of the Defeated," as well as an epilogue that ties together all the numerous threads of the narrative and is titled by the author "The End of the Film." The volume concludes with a collection titled "Thus Spoke Saint-John Perse." These are the beloved author’s aphorisms extracted from the text of the ironic epic.