Pasha Artemiev reads Alexander Arkhangelsky Automatic translate

On April 29 at 19:30 in the Museum of Russian Impressionism, as part of the “Roman at the Museum” program, musician and actor Pavel Artemyev will read excerpts from Alexander Arkhangelsky’s new novel, The Verification Bureau. And after talking with the author and the audience. Entrance to the meeting by tickets to the museum.

The “Verification Bureau” is a detective story, a story of growing up, a portrait of an era, and the plot of today’s contradictions. 1980 year. A mysterious telegram makes graduate student Alexei Nogovitsyn return from the construction team. The action of the novel takes only nine days. And in this short segment everything fits: a love story with a smart and tough girl Musya, religious throwing, watching forbidden films and interrogations in the KGB. Everything that happens to the hero is not accidental. Someone checks it for durability. And in the background - smart and stuffy Olympic Moscow, apartments, streets, trains, Moscow State University auditoriums, farewell to Vysotsky, Luzhniki.

Alexander Arkhangelsky is a writer, literary critic, publicist, professor at the Higher School of Economics, member of the jury of many literary awards, and holder of various awards and titles. His books and articles are published not only in Russia, but also abroad. Author, presenter and leader of the program “Meanwhile” (TV channel “Culture”), author and director of many television documentaries. Winner of the TEFI Awards and the Big Book.

Pavel Artemyev is the founder and soloist of the group ARTEMIEV, as well as a theater actor ("Practice", "Polytheater").

“Novel at the Museum” is a series of meetings with famous contemporary Russian writers right on display, among paintings. Together with specially invited guests we will read new novels published in Elena Shubina’s Editorial Office, and those books that have already become bestsellers, and discuss works with their authors.