The Shepherd and the Shepherdess. Stories and Tales

Viktor Petrovich Astafyev 1924–2001 – a Russian writer of the 20th century, a participant in the Great Patriotic War. The novella "The Shepherd and the Shepherdess" the author calls "a modern pastoral." The heroes, accustomed to peaceful rural life, involuntarily become participants in a terrible war. The collection also includes the stories "Why Did I Kill the Corncrake?", "The Fight", "The Drop", "Milyakha and the Cat Gromilo" and the novella "Tsar-Fish".