Story of Life

Konstantin Paustovsky - an outstanding Russian writer whose novels, stories, and essays are rightly considered classics of domestic literature of the 20th century and have been repeatedly translated into many languages of the world, author of wonderful lyrical-autobiographical prose, filled with love for Russian nature and Russian culture. For Soviet readers, Paustovsky is the embodiment of human and literary nobility, the conscience of the era. He was repeatedly nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and, only for political reasons, did not receive this honorable award. Paustovsky worked on "The Story of Life", one of his main works, for 18 years. According to Konstantin Kedrov, "in the first chapters of 'The Story of Life', Bunin guessed the revival of Russian literature". Before us passes the life of the writer - from childhood until the time when he realizes his literary success.