Evgeniy Vodolazkin (r. 1964) - filolog, avtor rabot po drevnerusskoy literature i… prozaik, finalist "Bolshoy knigi" i Premii Andreya Belogo za roman "Solovev i Larionov". ZHivet v Sankt-Peterburge. Reaktsiya filologov na sobrata, zanyavshegosya literaturnym tvorchestvom, zachastuyu srodni reaktsii vrachey na zabolevshego kollegu: tolko chto stoyal u operatsionnogo stola i - pozhaluysta - uzhe lez...