Little Garusov – I. Grekova – CoLibri – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-389-33320-8
Little Garusov
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Little Garusov
14.99 €
Anatoly Garusov, the protagonist of the story that gives the entire book its title, is a child of war, a man with "eyes like the Leningrad twilight." The siege, the death of his mother, an orphanage, then a dormitory. Garusov didn't even know his birthday. As an adult, he desperately wants to "be like everyone else," to be loved. He constantly strives to make up for what he missed out on as a child...
The characters of "The Widow's Steamboat," the short story "Masters of Life," and the novella "The Ladies' Master" also dream of piecing together happiness, becoming masters of at least their own lives, protecting them from unceremonious intrusion, defending themselves against attempts to destroy them.
Yet none of I. Grekova's characters were born "little people." Everyone: the hairdresser, the two heroines of "The Widow's Steamboat," Garusov, and the narrator in "Masters of Life"—they are all talented, each in their own way, but none of them managed to overcome the system and reveal their gifts...
Every era has its "little people," and it is their stories that become iconic, evoking endless empathy and respect—the very feelings for which true literature exists.
The characters of "The Widow's Steamboat," the short story "Masters of Life," and the novella "The Ladies' Master" also dream of piecing together happiness, becoming masters of at least their own lives, protecting them from unceremonious intrusion, defending themselves against attempts to destroy them.
Yet none of I. Grekova's characters were born "little people." Everyone: the hairdresser, the two heroines of "The Widow's Steamboat," Garusov, and the narrator in "Masters of Life"—they are all talented, each in their own way, but none of them managed to overcome the system and reveal their gifts...
Every era has its "little people," and it is their stories that become iconic, evoking endless empathy and respect—the very feelings for which true literature exists.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series How We Lived: The Best of Soviet Prose