Book two, part three
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A collection of short stories in which the author, in a poetic style, portrays man as the backbone of all events, and the beauty of Russia and the Russian soul in all its fullness.
Venedikt Yerofeyev's postmodern prose poem is today considered a classic of new Russian literature. It is compared to Gogol and Kharms for its poetics of absurdity, satire, and metaphysical depth.
Childhood (1852) is the first book of an autobiographical trilogy (with Adolescence and Youth), where Tolstoy explores the world of childhood through the eyes of a ten-year-old boy, Nikolinka Irtenjev – innocence, joys, sorrows and first traumas.
Contents: Bricklayer, Good earnings, Forests and pastures, Gypsies, On the light, Lady's bread, Note about the writer
Behind the ironic-humorous style with which he portrays Hugh Person, the hero of the novel, Nabokov weaves a serious human drama.