The new novel by the author of “Vanyukhin’s Children”, “Colony of a Non-Boring Regime” and “House of Exemplary Content” by Grigory Ryazhsky, a nominee for the Russian Booker Prize and the Bunin Prize, is a sophisticated and sophisticated language experiment. This is a fascinating story of the origin of two twin brothers, born by the dwarf Duka Lunio from the two-meter simple-minded Ivan. On the one hand - tragic truth, on the other - fiction, metaphor, symbol and in many ways grotesque. Ryazhsky created a novel slapstick in which the tragic twentieth century is stated through the fate of members of the Lunio family. What secrets does this supposedly Italian surname hide? And is it as Italian as it might seem? A fascinating plot, a wide historical panorama, subtle psychological sketches and an unusual “conversational” style of narration make “The Divertissement of the Lunio Brothers” one of the most striking events in Russian literature in recent years.