The Impostor of Tom. Knights of the Round Table

The small novel «The Impostor of Tom» – the story of a sixteen-year-old boy who skillfully masters the art of subtle deception. But he lies not out of vanity or greed, but out of a desire for heroism and a wish to break free from the mundane, sometimes not even understanding where fiction ends and the harsh reality of World War I begins. One of the most famous medieval legends is reinterpreted by Cocteau in the play «Knights of the Round Table». Here, pretenses and disguises, humor and the absurdity of tragedy triumph over reality.