Descended from Heaven
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Descended from Heaven
9.99 €
You can study history from books and films based on Vladimir Kunin's scripts. One of the most vivid and honest books about the first years of perestroika? Of course, "Intergirl". A family drama from the time of stagnation? "Adam's Rib! The most honest and poignant books about the war are "The Chronicle of a Dive Bomber" and "Descended from the Sky".
All the stories collected under this cover are about the most ordinary people. They lived, loved, joked, grieved. They are history. Masha and Sergey, the characters of the story "Descended from the Sky", fell in love with each other to the sounds of the languid romance "Ah, These Black Eyes". But this did not happen on the dance floor and not at all under romantic circumstances. This record was played by the fascists besieging the catacombs where Soviet soldiers were walled up alive. The wounded are dying without water, and the medical orderly Masha decides to leave the catacombs. A fascist sniper is watching her through his sights. He gives her time to breathe in the fresh, heady air. To get to the water. To fill the bucket. The sniper keeps an eye on this strange couple - a small, fragile girl and a wounded soldier who guards her like a loyal knight. It depends on him, the sniper, whether the story of Masha and Sergey will have a continuation: an ordinary life, work, family, son Vova. The fate of these people is in his hands. And they seem to have forgotten that there is war and death all around. They love each other, they really want to live. How they want this story to have a happy ending. How they want it!
All the stories collected under this cover are about the most ordinary people. They lived, loved, joked, grieved. They are history. Masha and Sergey, the characters of the story "Descended from the Sky", fell in love with each other to the sounds of the languid romance "Ah, These Black Eyes". But this did not happen on the dance floor and not at all under romantic circumstances. This record was played by the fascists besieging the catacombs where Soviet soldiers were walled up alive. The wounded are dying without water, and the medical orderly Masha decides to leave the catacombs. A fascist sniper is watching her through his sights. He gives her time to breathe in the fresh, heady air. To get to the water. To fill the bucket. The sniper keeps an eye on this strange couple - a small, fragile girl and a wounded soldier who guards her like a loyal knight. It depends on him, the sniper, whether the story of Masha and Sergey will have a continuation: an ordinary life, work, family, son Vova. The fate of these people is in his hands. And they seem to have forgotten that there is war and death all around. They love each other, they really want to live. How they want this story to have a happy ending. How they want it!
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