Lёva's Childhood

"There are things in the world that cannot be explained, it just doesn’t work out," notes the autobiographical hero of Boris Minaev's stories. And indeed: how to explain the meaning of the puddles in the yard? The charm of the... spring thawed earth with all kinds of unexpected finds? Or how scary it is to be home alone or visit the dentist? Or the thrilling act of drenching passersby from the balcony - who would understand that? Both young and adult readers of "Lёva's Childhood" will understand this perfectly. Amazingly, the author managed to preserve the child's perception of the world in memory and convey it in the tiniest details - funny and serious, touching and evoking a piercing sense of nostalgia. The realities of childhood in the 1960s and early 1970s coexist with the timeless and will resonate in the heart of anyone who has ever played in the yard until dark despite wet mittens."Lёva's Childhood" has undergone multiple reissues, and with this collection of stories, Boris Minaev became the laureate of the "Cherished Dream" award in 2006. Illustrations by Evgenia Dvoskina, full of humor and very consonant with the author's prose, are specially prepared for this edition and are published for the first time. For middle school age.