A chuckle over his left shoulder. Black boards
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A chuckle over his left shoulder. Black boards
9.99 €
The book is timed to the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Soviet and Russian writer, representative of the so-called "village prose" Vladimir Alexeyevich Soloukhin.
The edition includes the autobiographical story "Laughter behind the left shoulder" (1988) and "Black boards. Notes of a novice collector" (1969).
In the autobiographical story "Laughter behind the left shoulder" Vladimir Soloukhin tells readers about the way of village life, his childhood, joys and sorrows. Such important themes as humanity and cruelty, the ability to love and cognize the world, philosophical questions of existence and collectivization are touched upon. The whole narrative is filled with love for nature, people, native land. In the work "Blackboards" the author tells about his experience of collecting ancient icons, about their rescue and restoration. Vladimir Soloukhin traveled to villages, collected information about destroyed churches, estates, villages in an attempt to preserve and bring to the future generation the beauty of ancient Russian art.
The edition includes the autobiographical story "Laughter behind the left shoulder" (1988) and "Black boards. Notes of a novice collector" (1969).
In the autobiographical story "Laughter behind the left shoulder" Vladimir Soloukhin tells readers about the way of village life, his childhood, joys and sorrows. Such important themes as humanity and cruelty, the ability to love and cognize the world, philosophical questions of existence and collectivization are touched upon. The whole narrative is filled with love for nature, people, native land. In the work "Blackboards" the author tells about his experience of collecting ancient icons, about their rescue and restoration. Vladimir Soloukhin traveled to villages, collected information about destroyed churches, estates, villages in an attempt to preserve and bring to the future generation the beauty of ancient Russian art.
See also:
- All books by the publisher
- All books by the author
- All books in the series War Diary