About the book: 2014 / Christianity is the basis of Russian culture, and therefore the theme of Easter, the main Christian holiday, could not help but be reflected in the works of Russian writers. Even in the era of socialist realism, the genre of the Easter story continued to live in samizdat and in the literature of Russian diaspora. This book contains Easter stories from different literary eras: from Gogol to Solzhenitsyn. Great artists saw how the light of Easter transforms the entire diversity of life, down to the most ordinary details, and captured this in their works. The light of Christ's Resurrection shines from them. This book is a wonderful gift for the Holidays and a wonderful read for all times..