Evgeniy Vodolazkin — filolog, spetsialist po drevnerusskoy literature, avtor romanov-bestsellerov "Solovev i Larionov", "Aviator" i "Brisben", sbornikov "Dom i ostrov, ili Instrument yazyka" i "Idti bestrepetno. Mezhdu literaturoy i zhiznyu".
Geroy romana "Lavr" — srednevekovyy vrach. Obladaya darom tselitelya, on tem ne menee ne mozhet spasti svoyu vozlyublennuyu i prinimaet reshenie proyti zemno...