Gorenstein's Puzzle. The Monument to the Unknown Writer

“Gorenstein's Puzzle,” assembled by Yuri Veksler, answers many questions about “the Dostoevsky of the 20th century,” as Gorenstein was referred to in the West, and irresistibly compels one to read about him and his work again and again. This book publishes documents for the first time that are related to the creative relationship between Friedrich Gorenstein and Andrei Tarkovsky, the writer's polemic with Grigory Pomeryants, articles by Yefim Etkind and Shimon Markish, interviews with Benedict Sarnov and other authors, important interviews with the writer John Glad, Viktor Erofeev, Margarita Khemlyn, and others. Additionally, the book includes memoirs by Andrei Konchalovsky, Mark Rozovsky, Paola Volkova, as well as memoir sketches by Friedrich Gorenstein himself. All together, this forms a synthesis of the portrait and self-portrait of the writer...