Kir Bulychev is the second greatest figure in 20th-century Russian science fiction after the Strugatsky brothers. Several generations of readers grew up on his books, and a first love for reading is long-lasting and does not fade over the years. Founder of Veliky Guslyar, godfather of Alisa Selezneva, the girl from Earth’s future, chronicler of the labors and days of Dr. Pavlysh and his friends from the crew of the interplanetary starship "Segezha," and a pilot on the River Chronos, which connects the different shores of Russia across time—Kir Bulychev is as multidimensional as life itself. His literary universe has room for playful pranks, biting, merciless irony, and the wisdom of a scholar and visionary. Beyond its thrilling plot—and the "space Robinson Crusoe" genre to which the book belongs naturally guarantees high reader interest—the novel "The Village" carries deeper shades and meanings. The difficult adaptation of those shipwrecked in space to life on a planet alien to humans is also a reason to talk about man as such, about his inner essence, about humanity and inhumanity. In other words, this is not just adventure and science fiction. It is literature.
Author: Kir Bulychev
Illustrations: Viktor Mineev
Pages: 416 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 205x125x25 mm
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