Old Man Khottabych: A Tale-Fable

The tale-fable «Old Man Khottabych» was published in 1938 and has since become one of the most beloved children's books. Several generations of boys and girls in our country enjoy reading about the adventures of a genie who has come from the times of King Solomon to the Soviet country of the late 1930s. It does not matter that the book was written almost a hundred years ago, as the story of how the pioneer Volka Kostyilkov fished an ancient jug out of the river and released a genie from it is truly kind, fun, and fascinating. It has been translated into many languages, including English, German, Czech, Bulgarian, Chinese… Its author, Lazar Iosifovich Ginzburg, writing under the pseudonym L. Lagin, composed several other books, but thanks to «Old Man Khottabych» his name will forever remain in the history of children's literature.