Mother from Moscow

"The Mother of Moscow" of Ivan Shmelov is one of the most original, touching and colorful novels of the writer, created in the form of a story. This is the story of the great outcome of the Russian emigration, seen and told by the eyes of a simple, wise and deeply believing Russian woman. The main heroine and narrator is the elderly Mosque Daria Stepanovna Sinicina, the former grandmother. The storm of the revolution and the Civil War breaks it out of the usual order and takes it into the waterfall of excursions: from the dusting Moscow through the Crimea to Constantinople, Sofia, Belgrade and finally to Paris. On the background of the devastating states, foreign cities and incomprehensible European patterns, the grandmother preserves surprising spiritual resilience, popular wisdom, humor and uninterrupted kindness. "The Mother of Moscow" is a vibrant and bright novel about the strength of a simple human heart, love for the loved ones, loyalty to its roots and the ability to remain a man in any historical disasters. Which to read: Fans of bright narrative proza and soft Russian language, lovers of books about the historic breakthrough of the epochs and all those who love sincere, deep stories about human perseverance and mercy.