Gypsy

«…None of his works did Kalinin write with such passionate and selfless dedication as his novel about Claudia and Budulai», – recalls the writer's daughter Natalia Kalinina. The first part of the novel, originally conceived as a story, was published... in 1961 in the magazine «Ogonёk»; the last – the ninth – in 2011, after the author's death. For more than forty years, Kalinin returned time and again to his heroes, their difficult love, and millions of readers and viewers followed their fate. The novel has been repeatedly adapted for film, several theatrical productions have been created based on it, a romantic opera has been written, and its characters have become truly popular – beloved and dear.
This edition presents the complete text of the novel with a foreword by Natalia Kalinina, in which the writer's daughter remembers her father and tells about the story of creating his most famous work.