The Stowaway. The Toasted Drinks to the Bottom. The Cat Left, but the Smile Remained (set of 3 books)

«The Stowaway»

Georgy Daneliya is a world-renowned and cult director and screenwriter in the Soviet and post-Soviet space. After the release of many films, such as «Gentlemen of Fortune» and especially «Kin-dza-dza!», whose characters' lines have become quotes in Russia, Georgy Daneliya's fame became undeniable. Daneliya's films are sincere; just think of «I Walk Around Moscow», sad, like «Tears Dripped», tragicomic – such as «Don't Grieve!», insightful, piercing, and astonishing in their level of generalization – like «Kin-dza-dza!» and many others, which have earned the love of audiences and numerous prestigious awards from international and Russian film festivals.

In the 21st century, Georgy Daneliya wrote several bestselling books and essentially created the genre of short stories, as he wrote them primarily as a film director, very much in the spirit of the currently fashionable autofiction. Without moralizing, but with amazing wisdom accumulated over years of life and work in cinema, and with an incredible sense of humor, the author shares stories about his family, the time in which he lived and worked, friends, colleagues, and many world-famous individuals whose paths crossed with his on film sets and in everyday life. It is no coincidence that friends called Georgy Daneliya «the wisest person of his time». In short, read them; you won't get bored!

«The Toasted Drinks to the Bottom»

In the second book "The Toasted Drinks to the Bottom" of the three-book cycle, Georgy Daneliya recalls plans to adapt "Hadji-Murat" and "Crime and Punishment", "Dead Souls" and "The Master and Margarita", meetings in Bolshevo, and work at "Mosfilm"... Without moralizing, but with amazing wisdom accumulated over years of life and work in cinema, and with an incredible sense of humor, the author shares stories about his family, the time in which he lived and worked, friends, and colleagues. It is no coincidence that friends called Georgy Daneliya "the wisest person of his time". In short, read them; you won't get bored!

«The Cat Left, but the Smile Remained»

In the third book of the cycle, the late eighties and nineties come to life, not the most favorable and festive for cinema. Without moralizing, but with amazing wisdom accumulated over years of life and work in cinema, with an incredible sense of humor, the author shares stories about his family, the time in which he lived and worked, friends, colleagues, and many world-famous individuals whose paths crossed with his on film sets and in everyday life. And indeed, memory often offers options: today you remember it one way, and tomorrow differently.