Андрей Николаевич Тимофеев – литературовед
141406, Московская обл., г. Химки, ул. Библиотечная, д.7
Andrey N. Timofeev – literary critic
7 Bibliotechnaya St., Khimki, 141406
В статье подробно анализируется творчество современного русского писателя А. Иванова — от его раннего, схематичного и ученического, романа «Общага-на-Крови» (1992) до «Ненастья» (2015), наряду с романом «Географ глобус пропил» (1995) самого популярного произведения писателя. Разбирая как достоинства прозы Иванова, так и то, что представляется ему просчетами, критик тем не менее приходит к выводу, что Иванов — один из лучших прозаиков 2000–2010-х, а его роман «Тобол», на приближении к которому и строится сюжет статьи,— по-настоящему программное произведение современной литературы.
A. Timofeev takes a close look at the works of A. Ivanov, from his early novel Dorm-on-the-Blood [Obshchaga-na-Krovi] (1992), both simplistic and bearing marks of apprenticeship, to Stormy Weather [Nenastie] (2015), the writer’s most popular book, along with The Geographer Drank His Globe Away [Geograf globus propil] (1995), all the better known thanks to their film versions. The critic finds that, rather than a gallery of accomplished works, Ivanov’s writing represents an agonizing search, his path characterized by alternating moments of success and failure and his ambitious preconceptions hindering his development and forcing his artistic intuition to overcome them. Speaking of Ivanov’s undeniable triumphs, A. Timofeev mentions The Heart of Parma [Serdtse Parmy] and the later novel Tobol, whereas Ivanov’s ‘transitional’ novel Bluda and MUDO [Bluda i MUDO], the ‘network’ duology Dog-Heads [Psoglavtsy] and Community [Kommiuniti], and even the cult novel Rebels’ Gold [Zoloto bunta] are presented as flops. Nonetheless, Timofeev rates Ivanov as one of the best writers of the 2000s–2010s.
The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest present.