Остров Харона. The Island of Charon. Премия им. А. де Сент-Экзюпери / A. de Saint-Exupery Award (Билингва: Rus / Eng)

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«But the only way to understand completely what’s going on here is to go beyond what’s going on. So, theoretically, everyone who is here now needs to leave the Astral World?»

«Correct. The character of the movie will not see the whole movie until he moves himself in the auditorium.»

Unlike most incoherent and far-fetched fantasy, «The Island», emerged at the intersection of genres (love story, detective, mysticism and philosophy), keeps the reader in suspense from the first to the last page. The search for mutual love leads to the investigation of one’s murder in the spirit of Alfred Hitchcock’s thrillers and ends with unraveling of Charon’s secret to realize the transition of the soul to the next step of the endless staircase to the Sky.

In my opinion, one of the main goals of the book is to convey to the reader the importance of taking responsibility for his own deeds, since each person almost always has the freedom of choice,

«But… pay attention to the fact that the Creator doesn’t act against your will and never deprives anyone of the right to choose.

…as well as the importance of forgiveness, because the main character accepts the Creator’s plan for her own death and eventually forgives her murderer.

«I don’t wish you any harm… You are right. It was necessary for some reason. Goodbye…»

There is nothing superfluous in the book. All the events and dialogues of the characters are carefully verified and thought out. There is no artificially built-in abstruse, «The Island of Charon» is easy to read, but at the same time it is a serious work that deserves attention no less than similar philosophical works in the field of so-called «Another Reality», from «The Little Prince» by Antoine de Saint-Exupery to «The Rose of the World» by Daniil Andreev.

According to the decision of the jury of the Creative Center «Clouds of Inspiration», Alexandra Kryuchkova was announced the winner of the «Another Reality» 2021 competition after Leonid and Daniil Andreev.

Sergei BERSENEV,

Honored Writer of the Moscow City Organization

of the Union of Writers of Russia, poet,

Head of the Creative Center «Clouds of Inspiration»

The newspaper «Literary News» («Literaturnye Izvestia»)

No. 3 (201), 2022.

http://litiz.ru/arch.html

https://reading-hall.ru/publication.php?id=30735

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