Abstract
The review is an analytical review of the ego-documentary text, which opens a new series “90s: Personalities in History”. The authors paid special attention to the choice of S.M. Shakhray of a flexible narrative strategy that allowed him to recreate a picture not only of the “dashing nineties” in our country, but also to go beyond these spatial and chronological coordinates. Research interest is also attracted by the concept of understanding the past as an experience of self-knowledge: the versatile hobbies of the memoirist allow him to talk about politics and jurisprudence, philosophy and fiction. The reviewers highly appreciated the directness and uncompromisingness of S.M. Shakhray when creating images of “controversial” historical figures (B.N. Yeltsin, B.E. Nemtsov, A.A. Sobchak, Ye.T. Gaidar), the absence of “court” reverence in stories about meetings with high-ranking persons (Elizabeth II, Prince Charles, R. Nixon, etc.). The book is intended for a reader who is ready to see not a black and white picture, but a multicolored and voluminous reality of the recent history of his country.
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