Arkady Natanovich and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky are classics of modern science and social fiction. The Strugatskys’ works were published in translations in 42 languages in 33 countries of the world. Four complete collections of their works have been published in Russian.
It is difficult to be God is one of the most famous works of the Strugatskys, in which there is an exciting adventure plot, and an image of a totalitarian society with recognizable details of the recent past, and moral and philosophical issues.
Observers-earthlings work on the planet, living according to medieval laws. They are here to understand the mechanisms of development of society, and have no right to interfere in the historical process. The protagonist of the story is the noble Don Rumata, who is also Anton, a scientist from the Institute of Experimental History. And around — the rough and gloomy world of the Middle Ages. A world of wars, executions and torture, blood and suffering, cruelty and obscurantism. A world where you have to go through the mud and stay clean, live in the face of grief and death and not stoop to violence. A world in which it is very difficult to be God …
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