880-05 "Oni -- kak li︠u︡di, tolʹko sdelany iz krepkogo dereva. Ikh malo, oni pri︠a︡chutsi︠a︡. Ikh zhiznʹ -- taĭna. Kogda-to, 300 let nazad, ikh nazvali "istukanami" i unichtozhili pochti vsekh; ut︠s︡eleli nemnogie. V provint︠s︡ialʹnom gorode Pavlovo proiskhodit strannoe: ubit izvestnyĭ uchënyĭ-istorik, a iz ego doma s redchaĭshimi ikonami i dorogoĭ tekhnikoĭ tainstvennyĭ vor zabral... lishʹ kusok drevnego idola, golovu derevi︠a︡nnoĭ skulʹptury Paraskevy Pi︠a︡tnit︠s︡y. "Chelovek iz krasnogo dereva" -- pokhod v taĭnyĭ mir, gde ne rabotai︠u︡t ni zakony, ni logika; gde estʹ tolʹko strastʹ i muchitelʹnye poiski ideala. "Chelovek iz krasnogo dereva" -- paradoksalʹnai︠a︡ istorii︠a︡ prevrashchenii︠a︡ smerti v li︠u︡bovʹ, stradanii︠a︡ -- v nadezhdu. Ėto popytka -- vozmozhno, vpervye v russkoĭ literature, -- raskrytii︠a︡ sekretov soedinenii︠a︡ i srashchivanii︠a︡ slavi︠a︡nskogo i︠a︡zychestva s pravoslavnym khristianstvom. I, konechno, ėto spor s Bogom. Potomu chto chelovek, sozdannyĭ po podobii︠u︡ Boga, ne mozhet ne vstupitʹ v konflikt so svoim sozdatelem."-- Provided by publisher.
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