About the book: 1971 / Leonid Leonov's novel "The Road to the Ocean" is one of the best works of Soviet literature of the 30s. The narrative moves in two time dimensions. The story about the life and death of the communist Kurilov, the head of the political department on one of the railways, flows with a burning passionate stream into the mighty stream of dreams about the communist future of humanity aimed at Tomorrow. The philosophical image of the Ocean embodies the road to the Future, to an imaginary country, and all-human goodness and justice, and the symbol and meaning of life.