Synthesis of memoirs and autobiography in Rifat Sverigin’s book “Every Bird Has His Own Perch”

Abstract

The article analyzes Rifat Sverigin’s work “Every Bird Has Its Own Perch” (“Һәр кошның үз куначасы”), which, according to the author’s definition, is an ironic autobiographical elegy, but in form, it is closer to a documentary cycle of memoirs. The book has attracted the readers’ attention due to the true-to-life description of the events and its humor with a dose of irony. The main focus is on the unique emotional atmosphere of the text, which combines light sadness and a deep sense of satisfaction, gratitude to fate, thus allowing a deeper understanding of the main character’s inner world and the complexity of human emotions. The purpose of the study is to reveal the multilayered emotional and ideological content of the work, demonstrating its significance in the context of contemporary literature. It is from different perspectives that the book reveals the Soviet era, the era of perestroika, glasnost and our modern times through the prism of the protagonist’s personal fate.