Barbara. Skazhi, kogda ty vernesh'sia?

Is Barbara who she is? What do they know about it in Russia today? A lady in black, a poet, a composer and a singer - in France she is idolized to this day. Barbara's song was played at a mourning ceremony after the Paris attacks in November 2015, when people turn to what is their soul code. It was behind her from the concert to the concert wheeled through Europe a whole generation of French intellectuals. Her picture was always carried by Maurice Bejar. Hearing her first album, Mikhail Baryshnikov began to learn French. Her famous song dedicated to fans, "My love story is you" was forever farewelled to the audience of Ewe Saint Laurent. She was adored and filmed by Jacques Brel, about her wrote memoirs by Gerard Depardieu, today her songs in the repertoire of Carla Bruni and many other performers.
The book of the famous theater critic Nina Agisheva is an attempt to solve the riddle of Barbara and resurrect the time of high romanticism in the art-tv, to awaken in Russian the reader and listener interest in her songs, which have found their place in the new century.