Male fidelity. The Bird of Happiness

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 short stories and novellas, warm and lively, with gentle humor, written in an inimitable, light, “Tokarevsky” language. With cute characters who sometimes remind us of ourselves. “Pushkin's calmness” - this is what one can say about the prose of Victoria Tokareva, whose works console and help to accept life as it is, in all its fullness, complexity and fragile charm. ...He called her fifteen years later. He needed help: he needed someone with whom he could share his grief, just talk. But for some reason his call was important to her too... This edition includes novellas and short stories from the 2000s.