About the book: 1980 / Vladimir Kornilov’s novel “Bricklayer, Bricklayer...” was published in Frankfurt am Main by the Posev publishing house in 1980 year. The writer decided to transfer his works to the West, to the free Russian press: “In the West they will either publish me or they won’t, but in any case they won’t mutilate and mutilate me.” The work covers the time period from the beginning of the century to the Brezhnev era; in its center is a man who has gone into internal emigration. A bricklayer, a bricklayer in a white apron. What are you building there? To whom? - Hey, don’t bother us, we’re busy, We’re building, we’re building a prison. Valery Bryusov (“Bricklayer”», 1901)