880-04 "In the novel "Children of December" wars and conflicts are investigated at different levels. In the foreground there are boiling events in Russia and Ukraine: Evroimaydan, Crimean spring, fighting in the Donbass, closely intertwined with the entire Russian history. However, this is only a visible layer. More important is what is behind it. What's inside. Something you will never be told on TV. On the hidden side of wars and conflicts, about the broken fates of people and families, Platon Besedin speaks without false pathos, openly and honestly, as soon as a Russian writer should speak. The main characters of the novel are those who appeared in the middle, that is, for the most part, all of us. And everyone has his own way inside the general tragedy. "The Children of December" is the first humanistic book about the war, showing that human relations are higher than politics. "This book is located on a dangerous territory between prose and the document, real Russian literature. No jokes - only about life and death." Lyudmila Ulitskaya"-- Various websites.
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