About the book: 2005 / Nikolai Sergovantsev’s book is a scientific and artistic biography and at the same time a literary criticism of the work of the talented Ural writer D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak. While working on the book, the author made extensive use of memoirs: the diaries of the translator Fiedler, letters from T. Shchepkina-Kupernik, memoirs of E. N. Peshkova and N. V. Ostroumova, and many other testimonies of people who knew the writer. The author reveals to us the complex and even tragic fate of this an extraordinary person who, unfortunately, did not receive worthy recognition and appreciation during his lifetime. I would like to hope that the book will help readers better understand the original and original writer, whose creative motto was “Living a thousand lives, suffering and rejoicing in a thousand hearts - this is real life and real happiness.”».