Abstract
The purpose of this study is to analyze the forms of salvation gained through art in Ludmila Ulitskaya’s Sonetchka. Sonetchka depicts how Sonetchka and Robert endure and attain the universal values and truths of life through literature and painting during turbulent times in the Soviet Union. For example, Sonetchka, a bibliophile, survives both by living in the world of literature and by applying the lessons she has drawn from books to real life, and she regards others as subjective entities, while Robert tries to express the origin of the universe in art through the music inherent in Jasia. Sonetchka, who understands life through her immersion in literature and whose literary experiences are reflected in her real life, is deified as Leah whereas Robert meets with an untimely death while pursuing universal truth through his work. This suggests that art can have an ontological dimension only when it is based on the reality of daily life. In her work, the author tends to emphasize the quotidian life of individuals within the flow of history, and Sonetchka serves as an excellent example of this facet of her oeuvre.
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