The book in which Akunin for the first time publicly "revealed" his own pseudonym. There were only three words on the cover of the first edition: Akunin-Chkhartishvili, "Aristonomy". Maybe the writer decided on such a "self-exposure" because of the dual structure of the work itself: in fact, these are two novels under one cover. Here, pure fiction, a story about the life of a young man Anton Klobukov, is quite appropriate and organically intertwined with philosophical discussions about the destiny of man in particular and humanity in general. The author makes it clear to his readers that a strictly defined writer is responsible for each part of the novel. Try it and you will discover this very unusual novel. Then at least you can understand what "aristonomy" is. And as a maximum...
