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Summer of the Lord. Holidays. Joys. Sorrows.

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Ivan Sergeyevich Shmelev (1873-1950) was a Russian writer and publicist, twice nominated for the Nobel Prize. He was nicknamed the "Orthodox writer" for his numerous texts on Russian spirituality. While in exile, "not for a moment, in his spiritual fervor, did he cease to think about Russia and be tormented by its misfortunes."

The novel "Summer of the Lord" can rightfully be considered the pinnacle of the work of writer and Orthodox thinker Ivan Shmelev. Work on the book lasted from 1933 to 1948 and consists of three parts: "Holidays," "Joys," and "Sorrows."

This autobiographical work depicts the life of a patriarchal merchant family through the eyes of a young boy. The Russian way of life is described through the church liturgical year, beginning with Lent, and family traditions. This is a story about old Moscow life, seen through the eyes of a child, and about the world of a Russian person, whose life is imbued with the Orthodox spirit and filled with Christian faith.

The author himself wrote about the book "Summer of the Lord": "In it, I show the face of Holy Rus', which I carry in my heart... Russia, which peered into my childish soul."
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