Bitov Childhood Издательство: Glas New Russian Writing Жанр: Glas New Russian Writing Качество: Хорошее Страниц: 224 Формат: pdf, fb2, epub «In this collection, centred on the theme of Childhood, we offer two early stories by Andrei Bitov which reflect the growing awareness in children of life's mystery and beauty; a story by Andrei Platonov, bearing the stamp of his inimitable style; Ludmilla Ulitskaya's perspicacious insight into the complex relationship between twin sisters; an impressionistic story by Zufar Gareev about the torments of adolescence; Leonid Latynin's epic, set in pre-Christian Russia and giving us a glimpse of the dawn of Russian civilisation; Alan Cherchesov's account of an unusually bright Chechen boy living alone in a highland village in the Caucasus; Anatoly Pristavkin tells about childhood in a special orphanage for children of «enemies of the people»; and the latest Booker winners Andrei Sergeev and Sergei Gandlevsky.»