The book "Farewell to Illusions" was written by Vladimir Pozner twenty-one years ago. He wrote it in English. In the USA, it stayed on the "New York Times" bestseller list for twelve weeks. Pozner believed he would translate his book into Russian right away, but as he said: "It was just too hard for me, I will wait a bit". He waited eighteen years - the translation was completed in 2008. For another three years, he pondered how to reflect those past years in the manuscript. And only now, in the author's opinion, the time has come to publish the Russian version of the book "Farewell to Illusions". This is not just the memoirs of a person with a very complicated, but truly dizzying fate: Pozner was born in Paris, spent his childhood in New York, and only at the age of 18 did he come to Moscow for the first time. Desperately wanting to become Russian, he is still trying to figure out who he is and where his true homeland is. The book is interesting in that Vladimir Pozner saw many of the major events of the 20th century "from different sides of the barricades" and knows how to captivatingly and sharply narrate about them. But most importantly - he attempts to assess Russia, America, and Europe soberly and impartially. Pozner knows both our and western television, the political backstage, and the life of the elites from the inside. For the first time in 21st-century Russian literature, the author dares to honestly reflect on issues of national consciousness, faith, politics, and the peculiarities of the Russian mentality. This book will undoubtedly change our attitude towards memoirs, as no one has written about their life, country, and our era with such frankness, irony, and depth before. "Farewell to Illusions"… Many can sign under the title of the book. Among those who will read this book, everyone will sign.
