Boy with a sword
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Boy with a sword
14.99 €
For a long time Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin was considered a writer for children, and some people still think so. Such an unfair opinion was formed in criticism because his books were published mainly in children's publishing houses (or in children's editions of regional publishing houses). Indeed, the main characters in his books are boys. But there is a big difference between writing for children and writing about children. In the first case, the circle of readers is narrowed to the children's audience. In the second - the book is read by everyone, regardless of age. Jules Verne, "Huckleberry Finn", Kaverin's "The Two Captains" - is it children's literature or not? The answer is obvious. The same is Vladislav Krapivin - a writer for any age. Cycle "Sails "Espada", which includes the novels "The Boy with a Sword", "The Bronze Boy" and "Red Banner of Stubbornness", is considered the pinnacle of Vladislav Krapivin's work. Yes, everything is so, right, but I would like to clarify a little: one of many peaks - and past, and present, and, for sure, future, because the writer's work continues and it is unknown to what new heights his talent can rise to. 1970s, 1990s, early 2000s - the time of action of the novels of the trilogy. The changing history of the country and the fortitude of the main characters living against time. In a complex, fickle world, where the boundaries of concepts are blurred - honor, courage, betrayal, meanness - their task is not to lower the flag that was once raised in "Espada", a small boyhood brotherhood, a group of captains and drummers, that is, not to change themselves.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series Russian literature. Big books