The Master of the Taiga. Novels and Stories

The honest prose of Boris Mozaev, infused with love for the Russian village and the people whose hard work helped the country rise from the ruins of wars and revolutions, has always found a grateful response in the hearts of compatriots. A descendant of a peasant family, the writer keenly felt and understood both the pain and joy of rural life. Courage, moral resilience, responsibility to the land, and a striving for justice - these traits of Russian peasantry were highly valued by Boris Mozaev, who was able to discern them behind naivety or simplicity, joviality, or rough directness.
The stories and tales presented in this book were written at different times, many of them have been adapted for the screen, the most famous of which is the film "The Master of the Taiga" about a young district policeman Vasily Seryozhkin (the main roles were played by Vladimir Vysotsky and Valery Zolotukhin). The tales "Alive" and "One and a Half Square Meters," which inspired famous performances at the Taganka Theatre, and "The Story of the Village of Brekhovo..." became iconic works of the Soviet era. Written over the years, these stories provide a wide panorama of the life of a vast country through the destinies of ordinary people, inextricably linked to it.