Built on the principle of a comic series, Dorm nevertheless leaves a bitter aftertaste, very accurately corresponding to the period of transition from youth to maturity described in it — perhaps the most difficult in everyone’s life.
The scene of the novel by Alexei Ivanov is a student hostel. Self-sufficient and autonomous, it becomes for its inhabitants — the main character, nicknamed Excellent, his friends and enemies — a kind of playground where they seem to rehearse future passions, not noticing the seriousness of what is happening to them at the moment. Built on the principle of a comic series, Dorm nevertheless leaves a bitter aftertaste, very accurately corresponding to the period of transition from youth to maturity described in it — perhaps the most difficult in everyone’s life.
Azbuka-Klassika, 320 p.