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Fairy tales

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Fairy tales
19.99 €
Konstantin Paustovsky wrote his main fairy tales at the end of the war and in the first post-war years - hence their poignancy.

In these fairy tales, everything is simple, everyday, there are almost no miracles. Here, nature is endowed with magical powers: a sparrow, a frog, a horse, frosts, rains... Magic power invades people's lives and, depending on their actions, helps or punishes a person. Light and shadows flash quickly and easily, one picture replaces another... "Writing a fairy tale is as difficult as conveying the faint scent of grass in words," K. Paustovsky admitted. "You write a fairy tale almost without breathing - so as not to blow away the finest pollen with which it is covered..."

It feels like Gennady Epishin illustrated K. Paustovsky in the same "without breathing" way. Otherwise, how can you explain this absolute fusion of word and picture? You can't take your eyes off it. And the heart aches...

Contents: The disheveled sparrow The steel ring The tree frog The artel men Warm bread
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