PECULIARITIES OF MICHAEL SHERBAKOV''S ORIENTAL PROSE
He following article is observing the peculiarities of Michael Sherbakov's oriental prose, as well as its ideological and aesthetic significance. While analyzing the creative heritage of the writer, we consider the works that were written during «the Shanghai period of creativity». In the analysis of the author's book «Odysseys without Itaka» for example, the author expresses his attitude towards the common trends of the first wave of Russian immigration and manifests his vision of the historical past and present of Russia. The line of oriental motives is emphasized in the article. The motives are: exile, escape, life tragedy and the «black series» motive. Their content is conditioned by awareness of ephemeral being, uncertainty and accidentalness in the heroes’ future course of events. Besides it was found out that the «black series» motive serves as a leading-motive as well. Nearly every author’s hero is an «unlucky man», who is chased by «the law of the unlucky series». Sherbakov's prose - is a a vivid example of artistic diversity of the far Eastern emigrant prose, manifestation of the author's individual style, which opens up the prospect of further studies in the aspect.