The Year of Spring
The Year of Spring: The Travel What Lasts a Year (Russian: Год Весны: Путешествие длиною в год) is a book written by Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Krasko, Russian traveler and member of the Union of the Russian Around-the-World Travelers, based on his yearlong journey around the world. In the book he shares thoughts, emotions, and impressions from the trip.[1]
 First edition | |
| Author | Vyacheslav Krasko |
|---|---|
| Original title | Russian: Год Весны |
| Country | Russia |
| Language | Russian |
| Publisher | Postum (Moscow) |
Publication date | 2012 |
| Pages | 414 |
| ISBN | 978-5-91478-014-9 |
Critics are unable to place A Year of Spring into a particular genre. It is part novel, autobiography, travel guide book, and handbook of regional geography.[2] Exotic landscapes descriptions, dialogues with locals and good memories all have their place in this travel story.[3]
Krasko started writing his book in early 2010 and finished in 2011. It was completed in Sarankot – a small village near Pokhara, Nepal (located 5000 ft above sea level).[4]
Plot
Vyacheslav Krasko tells his own story throughout the book. As an executive who reached financial independence and high status in society,[1] he suddenly realizes hard principles and rationalism have displaced the most important things in life: happiness, freedom and true feelings.
To find the meaning of life, he breaks up with his sweetheart, moves house, leaves his job and buys a one-way ticket leaving Moscow. His new life has begun.
He starts his travel in the spring, a season symbolizing new beginnings.
Every day on Vyacheslav's journey is not like another. The splendor of ancient architecture is replaced by the beauty of virgin nature, small cities are interspersed with megacities, an instructive conversation with an Indian guru is adjacent to everyday troubles, and a new love for a wonderful girl turns into bitterness of disappointment – all this is the flow of life, its taste, which can be easily felt and hard to forget. Vyacheslav, like a little child, tastes everything and generously shares his new experience with readers. He learns to sail a yacht and catch a wave on a surf, cook intricate Chinese dishes and dance the Argentine tango, bungee jump over a stormy mountain river and climb the highest peaks.
Asia, Australia, South America, Antarctic, North America, Africa and finally Europe...
Each day of travel was different from the others. Splendid ancient architecture changed to wild nature, and cities alternated with small villages. The author tries one thing after another, like that of a child, and shares his thoughts and impressions with readers. One of the most important discoveries he makes is that a man doesn't have to live by others' ideals.
Will it be worth it to return to his old lifestyle? Day-to-day routine could absorb him again. He will not return.
He returned to Moscow, but he has not given up on his new ideas.
See also
References
- Anton Osipov (16 March 2010). Финдиректор бросил "дочку" "Базэла" ради кругосветного путешествия (in Russian). Vedomosti. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- Michael Bielecki (13 July 2012). "Год Весны" Вячеслава Красько – путешествие не только вокруг света, но и внутрь души (in Russian). Culture RVN. Archived from the original on 26 October 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- Вячеслав Красько. Год Весны (in Russian). LLC "Reader". 20 June 2012. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
- ИД "Постум" выпустил книгу путешественника Вячеслава Красько "Год Весны" (in Russian). Magazine "FOTO&VIDEO". 14 June 2012. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2013.
Further reading
- Armen Oganesyan (13 August 2012). "Книжный мир" – Движение души навстречу миру (in Russian). The Voice of Russia. Archived from the original on 19 November 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- Vyacheslav Krasko (29 June 2012). "Как попасть в Антарктиду". Часть 1. (in Russian). Channel "Rain". Archived from the original on 19 December 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- Vitaly Ryzhov (18 May 2012). В Антарктиду своим ходом: советы бывалого путешественника (in Russian). Electronic periodical publication "KM.RU". Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
- Карта маршрута Вячеслава Красько (in Russian). Union of Russian travelers round the world. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
External links
- "Official site of the book "The Year of Spring"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 26 November 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.
- "Official site of illustrations of the book "The Year of Spring"" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2013.