Zapomnienie a pamięć zmanipulowana („Granica zapomnienia” Siergieja Lebiediewa)
The Oblivion and Manipulated Memory (“The Limit of Forgetting” by Sergey Lebedev)

Summary/Abstract: The article presented here is a direct reference to Sergei Lebedev’s book The Limit of Forgetting, in which the author acts simultaneously as narrator and main character. The novel cannot be analysed except by deciphering the symbols accumulated in it. One of the layers of the work concerns the spiritual development of the protagonist, the impetus for which is the appearance of a demonic Second Grandfather in his childhood. Desiring to solve the mystery of the latter, the narrator reaches the world of Stalinist camps. The buildings left behind were destroyed, the perpetrators have not been brought to justice, people are more comfortable to forget about them. The protagonist, wanting to recreate the legacy of his ancestors, becomes a kind of collector: he collects objects from the past, collects memories of participants in tragic events, their diaries... In this way, the past overlaps with the present and is projected into the future. In order to cross the boundary of oblivion, it is necessary to overcome fear and conformity, learn responsibility and, using cultural memory, reach the Truth.

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