The Golden Cloud Slept Over Us. The Soldier and the Boy

The name of Anatoly Pristavkin is familiar to readers primarily due to his poignant books about war and the war childhood. He knew firsthand about the lives of street children whom the war scattered across various parts of the vast country, as he himself was one of the "children of war." Their fate became the main theme of his work. In the novella "The Golden Cloud Slept Over Us," the most famous work of Anatoly Pristavkin, the story is told of two boys, twin brothers Kolya and Sashka, who found themselves in the North Caucasus in 1944, where Moscow orphans were sent after the deportation of Chechens to settle the deserted territories. The novella was published in 1987 and brought the author worldwide fame. It has been translated into more than 30 languages, and Anatoly Pristavkin was awarded the State Prize. This edition includes the author's most well-known works, including the novellas "The Golden Cloud Slept Over Us," "The Soldier and the Boy," "The Cuckoo Chicks," and others.