Our neighbor Karatkevich: words about the outstanding writer Uladzimir Karatkevich

"Our Neighbor Karatkevich" is a very personal book by Adam Hlobus, dedicated to the man whom Belarusians have chosen as their favorite writer. It is a collection of notes and memories about Uladzimir Karatkevich, with whom the author was fortunate enough to live next door – on the same landing. Hlobus presents Karatkevich not only as a classic and a legend of Belarusian literature, but also as a lively, warm, sometimes unexpected person who knew how to befriend, joke, admire, and create. The book creates an intimate, humane portrait of the writer whom Belarusians truly love.

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Every nation has its great writer, its literary classics, poets for whom the state erects monuments and in whose honor streets and metro stations are named, and then there are also beloved poets and writers. The people choose their beloved ones. Thus, Belarusians chose their beloved poet – Maksim Bahdanovich – and their beloved writer – Uladzimir Karatkevich. In the book "Our Neighbor Karatkevich: Words about the outstanding writer Uladzimir Karatkevich," Adam Hlobus collected his notes about the writer with whom he was fortunate enough to live next door, on the same landing.