The Wind of Troy

 Andrei Dmitriev — prose writer, screenwriter; author of the books «This Shore», «The Closed Book», «The Turn of the River», «The Way Back», «Peasant and Teenager». Laureate of the «Russian Booker», «Clear Meadow» awards, finalist of the «Big Book».

     The novel «The Wind of Troy» is about elusive happiness and love, which can be the goal but resolves nothing; it is the story of a man with copper-gray hair, rare charm, and intellect. The narrative is told from the perspective of his friends and admirers from different corners of the world.

     September 2020. At the Istanbul airport, two people meet after forty years. Traveling through Turkey by car — Troy, Pamukkale, Laodicea, Bahçedere — they rediscover each other, experience, feel jealousy, remember the past, and dream of a new future life...

         «The magic of Andrei Dmitriev's prose lies in how detailed, beautiful, and precise he describes the earthly world. Reading descriptions of the wind brushing against a cheek, the intoxication of wine, the red sun pushing away the night — is a pleasure. But this world will have to be left behind. The novel „The Wind of Troy“ is about the inevitability of the end of life, which is balanced by its boundless and so gentle beauty towards humanity».