The White Sail of the Lonely One. The Son of the Regiment

«The White Sail of the Lonely One» — a novella by the classic of Soviet literature Valentin Katayev, included in the golden fund of literature. The bright world, shown through the eyes of nine-year-old children, is painted in warm colors of the summer Black Sea. This world is full of exciting, and sometimes dangerous adventures of two boys from Odessa, small witnesses and participants in the stormy events of the first Russian Revolution. The novella is part of the tetralogy «Waves of the Black Sea» (the novella «A Little Homestead in the Steppe», 1956; novels «Winter Wind», 1960; «Catacombs», 1948).

«The Son of the Regiment» — a novella that brought the writer loud popularity. A truthful story about the fate of an orphan boy, unbroken by two years of wandering in the partisan rear, who finally ended up with his «own» and was adopted by a combat regiment. The institution of «sons of the regiment» has since been established in the domestic army; a play based on the novella was written and a film was shot (1946, directed by V.M. Pronin). The author managed to masterfully convey the modernity. The authenticity of the details of everyday life enhances the touching plot, in which pain and compassion are inseparably linked.

«The Colorful Flower», «The Whistle and the Little Jug» and other wonderful fairy tales and stories are collected under one cover.

Magnificent illustrations for the book were created by the classics of book graphics Isaac Hinshtein, Konstantin Rotov, as well as masters of painting Orest Vereisky, Yuri Rakutin, Benjamin Losin, Viktor Chizhikov.