Maxim Pokrovsky vs. Grigory Perelman
(about the novel by A. Ilichvsky "Mathematician") Vladimir Emelyanov, Dokt. philosopher. sciences, cand. East. Sciences, professor of St. Petersburg State University, Orientalist, Sumerologist (see http://tarkovskiy.su/auteurs/emelianov.html ). The new novel of Alexander Ilichevsky reproduces the theme of his previous works: a successful, talented person, having reached the middle age, becomes a downshift.