Title: Истребитель
Description: "'Istrebitelʹ' - roman o sovetskikh letchikakh, "sokolakh Stalina". Oni peresekali Severnyĭ poli︠u︡s, torili vozdushnye tropy v Ameriku. Ikh zhiznʹ - metafora preodolenii︠a︡ vo imi︠a︡ vyssheĭ t︠s︡eli, doverii︠a︡ naroda i vozhdi︠a︡. Dmitriĭ Bykov popytalsi︠a︡ zagli︠a︡nutʹ po tu storonu ideologii, poni︠a︡tʹ, chto za sila upravli︠a︡la sovetskoĭ istorieĭ. Slovo "istrebitelʹ" v romane - mnogoznachnoe. V tridt︠s︡atye gody v SSSR kazhdyĭ predstavitelʹ "novoĭ nat︠s︡ii" odnovremenno mog bytʹ i istrebitelem, i istrebli︠a︡emym - v zavisimosti ot obstoi︠a︡telʹstv. Mnogie si︠u︡zhetnye povoroty romana, rasskazyvai︠u︡shchie o podvigakh v nebe i podkovernykh srazhenii︠a︡kh v instant︠s︡ii︠a︡kh, khorosho illi︠u︡strirui︠u︡t ėtu glavu nasheĭ istorii."--
Subjects: Air pilots, Fiction, Aeronautics, History
Places: Soviet Union
Time periods: 1925-1953