Lavr (illyustracii Leonida Gubskogo)

Evgeniy Vodolazkin — filolog, specialist po drevnerusskoy literature, avtor romanov-bestsellerov “Solov'ev i Larionov”, “Aviator” i “Brisben”, sbornikov “Dom i ostrov, ili Instrument yazyka” i “Idti bestrepetno. Mezhdu literaturoy i zhizn'yu”. Geroy romana “Lavr” — srednevekovyy vrach. Obladaya darom celitelya, on tem ne menee ne mozhet spasti svoyu vozlyublennuyu i prinimaet reshenie proyti zemnoy put' vmesto nee. Tak, zhizn' prevraschaetsya v zhitie. On vyhazhivaet chumnyh i ranenyh, ubogih i nemoschnyh, i chem bol'she zhertvuet soboy, tem ochevidnee krepnet ego dar. No vozmozhno li lyubov'yu i zhertvoy spasti dushu cheloveka, ne sumev uberech' ee zemnoy obolochki? Roman “Lavr” udostoen premiy “Bol'shaya kniga” i “Yasnaya Polyana”. Seriya: Illyustrirovannyy bestseller.