Russia knights of plague, it is about a plague outbreak on a fictional, ottoman island. And, you know, using sang and interviews that you pondered on this novel for 40 years new to for years to write it. No pandemic was inside back then, and yet you chose this topic for your book and you sort of hick, the bulls eye with it. Isnt a coincidence or did you see clinical incidence . But i am in my mind, is busy with the subject of play for the last 40 years in my earlier books in silent house, there is a historian whos researching it historical ottoman, played on in my right castle. They shorter book and other historical novel that are the scenes of plague in a stumble. Ive been thinking about a plague for 40 years because it, at the beginning i thought this is such an opportunity to talk about this. Then i changed my mind. It was of both one another. Plenty is what was of a portal to think about to write about to explore them. That western perception of my part of the world already on the
Come to sophie collision . Or is me, sophie shall not say, ang, times of trouble way turned to art for comfort or return to literature for wisdom. Home, i guess, todays the worlds literature, demi urge, master storyteller and noble prize winner, or hunt palmer or hunt by milk novelist recipient only a 2006 noble prize and literature. Its really great to have you with us once again. 12 years later, great pleasure height. I am also very happy to address my direction reader. So i just got my copy out basically 2 days ago, and im like, deep into this book. Most of the russian readers are gonna get it this week. So its like a huge thing. Lets dive right into this. Okay. Latest novel that came out in russia, knights of plague. It is about a plague outbreak on a fictional, ottoman island. And, you know, using sang and interviews that you pondered on this novel for 40 years new to, for years to write it. No pandemic was inside back then. And if you chose this topic for your book and you sort o
Russia knights of plague, it is about a plague outbreak on a fictional, ottoman island. And, you know, using sang and interviews that you pondered on this novel for 40 years new to for years to write it. No pandemic was inside back then, and yet you chose this topic for your book and you sort of hick, the bulls eye with it. Isnt a coincidence or did you see clinical incidence . But i am in my mind, is busy with the subject of play for the last 40 years in my earlier books in silent house, there is a historian whos researching it historical ottoman, played on in my right castle. They shorter book and other historical novel that are the scenes of plague in a stumble. Ive been thinking about a plague for 40 years because it, at the beginning i thought this is such an opportunity to talk about this. Then i changed my mind. It was of both one another. Plenty is what was of a portal to think about to write about to explore them. That western perception of my part of the world already on the
This land is, how much is connected with it, there are layers of history here, in the end we became the heirs of all this wealth, because for us this place is essentially such a state of education, this is to a certain extent the rocker of our, our spiritual selfawareness, after this, the creation of a single russian nation began from the numerous. Did you remember about that meeting . How did the president end this visit . And you know , this was, of course, a completely unique event, all the Main Construction and finishing work had just been completed, that is, in essence, the facilities were ready for their operation to begin, and we actually had to report this to the president in the videoconferencing mode, when the preparations for the videoconferencing were almost completed, we were generally ready for the report, objects were built in the background, and then suddenly he arrived car, driving. And the president visited almost all the classrooms, the premises that were prepared, t
Collection of photographic equipment, which shows the path of development of cameras over more than 100 years. What a journey have photographic cameras come over the years . Centuries, from the first mahogany accordion cameras to pointandshoot cameras and digital cameras of our days. A vintage camera stands in a place of honor. Well, a camera is a fairly simple thing; on the frosted glass of an old camera we see an upsidedown image. The fact is that when a person is born, he also sees the world upside down. And this principle of an inverted world. Used in photography, with this vintage camera you can take real unique photographs, everything will be like in ancient times, when the person being photographed stood motionless with with a serious expression on his face and waited for the bird to fly out. The novel tells how the filming process has changed over the course of a century. Oh, how many strange, absurd, funny things we find in this today. At first , exposure times reached 20 minu