Artistic features of the book «Notes on the tea party, and an earthquake» by Leon Bogdanov

The article is devoted to Leon Bogdanov, aprominent figure of “informal” prose (1942-1987), whose artistic heritage has hardly ever been studied in spite of the author's creative achievements (Andrei Bely Prize, 1985). It has only been reviewed in severalliterary critical papers. The author of the present articlestudies poetic and conceptual levels of the book “Notes on the tea party, and an earthquake” simplifying the interpretation and further reading of this complex, multi-layered text.