The Testament

The novel The Packed Moon by the famous writer and journalist David Guy was recently published in English translation under a new title - The Testament - which, in our opinion, accurately reflects its content and essence. The plot of the novel can be summarized in a few lines.An elderly immigrant writer dies in New York. Three suitcases of his archives are left behind, and by the will of circumstances they fall into the hands of his grandson, a Harvard graduate who speaks and reads...
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The novel The Packed Moon by the famous writer and journalist David Guy was recently published in English translation under a new title - The Testament - which, in our opinion, accurately reflects its content and essence. The plot of the novel can be summarized in a few lines.An elderly immigrant writer dies in New York. Three suitcases of his archives are left behind, and by the will of circumstances they fall into the hands of his grandson, a Harvard graduate who speaks and reads fluent Russian. Sorting through the papers and photographs, the grandson tries to live his grandfather's life. A vivid human destiny appears before him - with discoveries, losses, sufferings, loves, betrayals, sorrows, losses and gains. It is about unraveling secrets, mysteries, looking into the innermost corners of the soul, answering the question his grandfather will never be able to answer: is what he strived for higher than what he fought against? The war in Ukraine fits organically into the narrative, which is conducted in the name of the grandson: he is involved in the events caused by the Russian aggression, he participates in the rescue of a Kiev woman - the granddaughter of a close friend of his grandfather. And then¿ the unexpected announcement¿ All of this gives the novel an acute sense of urgency.