About the book: 2003 / "A Novel in Letters" - a collection of letters from I. S. Shmelev (1873–1950) and O. A. Bredius-Subbotina (1904–1959), which the writer himself considered his last work of art. Love lyrics are combined with memories, reflections on Russia, Orthodoxy, writing, plans and fragments of unpublished works. Volume 1 includes letters from 1939–1942.