War Wanderers. Memories of Writers' Children, 1941–1944

“Wanderers of War” — a collection of memories of writers' children, who found themselves evacuated to the Litfund boarding school in Chistopol from the first days of the war. They starved, froze, and dreamed of returning to Moscow, experienced the loss of older brothers and parents, and ran away to the front... But it was also a time of first love, the beginning of friendships that, like Pushkin's, from the Lyceum, lasted a lifetime.

The book also includes stories of three young men who perished: Mura Efron, Nikita Shklovsky, and Vsevolod Bagritsky.

Compiled by writer Natalia Gromova (“The Otherworldly Friend. The Love Story of Lev Shestov and Varvara Malakhieva-Mirovich in Letters and Documents,” “Olga Berggolts: There Was and Is No Death,” “Name Index,” and others). All her books are based on extensive archival materials and the stories of real people — witnesses of the time.