Tales

The main Tales were written by Konstantin Paustovsky at the end of the war and in the early post-war years - hence their poignancy. In these tales, everything is simple, everyday, and there are almost no wonders. Here, nature is endowed with magical power: sparrow, frog, horse, frost, rain…###The magical power intrudes into people's lives, and depending on the action, it helps or punishes a person. Light and shadows flash swiftly and easily, one picture replaces another… "Writing a tale is as difficult as conveying the faint smell of grass in words," K. Paustovsky admitted. "You write a tale almost without breathing - so as not to blow away the finest pollen that it is covered with…" The feeling of "not breathing" was illustrated by K. Paustovsky by Gennady Yepishin. How else to explain this absolute fusion of word and drawing? One cannot tear their eyes away. And the heart aches…