Evgeny Vodolazkin is the author of the novels “Lavr”, “Aviator”, “Soloviev and Larionov”, “Brisbane”, winner of the “Big Book”, “Yasnaya Polyana” and “Book of the Year” awards. His books have been translated into many languages. In the new book “To Walk Fearlessly,” the author himself comes to the fore. “A Little Personal Paradise of Childhood”, family history, native St. Petersburg and Kyiv, Pushkin House and studies in science, the transition from a medievalist philologist to a writer, the details of the creation of “Laurel”, “Aviator”, “Brisbane” told for the first time... In a frank and confidential conversation the signature magic of the text remains unchanged with the reader: Vodolazkin himself now stands alongside Arseny-Lavr, aviator Platonov and virtuoso Gleb Yanovsky.