Tim Thaler, or Sold Laughter

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Tim Thaler, or Sold Laughter

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Change your life in an instant... Forget all the troubles, cope with trials - and rush to happiness along the shortest and easiest path... Orphan Tim Thaler dreams of this. He is unbearable life with his stepmother and harmful half-brother. And only Sunday trips to the hippodrome brighten up the everyday life of the hero. It is there, in the most desperate mood, that the fourteen-year-old hero meets Baron Trech, who offers a magical salvation from all troubles. Tim Thaler will win any bet - if he agrees to a symbolic exchange: the boy only needs to give Trech his laughter - only a real fool will refuse such a deal! classic teen literature. Its Soviet film adaptation of 1962 is still loved by many Russian-speaking viewers. This children's "Faust" captivates both with a fascinating plot and a unique atmosphere: the book, which takes place at the turn of the 1981-1920s in Germany, is imbued with a sense of impending disaster in Europe and the idea that even in this situation, everyone has the right to smile and a chance to be happy. The reissue is decorated with illustrations by Nika Goltz, familiar to Russian readers of several generations since childhood. However, even the most devoted fans of Tim Thaler will see some of the artist's works for the first time. For readers who have not yet had time to discover this text for themselves, the foreword by Alexei Kopeikin will come to the rescue,

Barcode: 9785000837825 SKU: 70155928 Category:
Publication language: Russian

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