The Blue Man

The fantastic novel «The Blue Man» by Lazar Lagin was written over seven long years, from 1957 to 1964. The author infused it with his ideas and dreams about the ideal Soviet person. The main character, Yura Antoshin, a student at the Energy Institute and a convinced socialist, accidentally moves from 1959 to 1894 and, immersed in the everyday life and culture of Tsarist Russia at the end of the 19th century, becomes convinced of the correctness of his views and creates an underground workers' circle. «The Blue Man» in the writer's vision is an idealist and revolutionary who is capable of «looking beyond his personal well-being». For a wide audience of readers.