Victoria Tokareva is a famous writer and screenwriter, familiar to Russian viewers from her favorite films from childhood: “Literature Lesson”, “Gentlemen of Fortune”, “Mimino”, “A Dog Walked on the Piano”, “You Are...”. A special place in Tokareva’s work is occupied by stories and novellas, warm and lively, with gentle humor, written in an inimitable, light, “Tokarev” language, and with cute characters who sometimes remind us so much of ourselves. And no matter how life beats and tosses them, or burns them with betrayal and deceit, they find the strength to withstand the blows of fate. After all, life is unpredictable, and no one knows what lies ahead: the ugly duckling sometimes turns into a swan, a broken heart is reborn for new love, and a girl from a poultry farm becomes the wife of a millionaire... The publication includes prose works by Victoria Tokareva, including the stories “Unlucky Fima” , “There is only deception all around”, “Bach Fugue”, the stories “Houses last longer than people”, “Seasons”, etc.
