Button war. When I was twelve

So it happened from time immemorial: every 12-year-old resident of Lonzhever to the spirit does not tolerate the inhabitants of Velrans. And every Boalranian, barely having learned the alphabet, hates the Lonjavets. Who does not shake in the lessons with impatience - to escape and teach the enemies well! - That coward and traitor. Everyone, in both villages, shake with impatience, and rush after classes for another battle - well, how exactly does he become decisive?
There is no war without trophies: the boys celebrate the triumph, cutting off the buttons and fasteners from the enemy’s clothes, so that the enemy, holding his pants, wandered to the parental thrashing! The button war has been invariably for years, until once the leader of the Lonjverens came up with a fight - you will avoid shame and my father’s belt! Who knew that this trick would lead a protracted conflict to a completely non -children"s battles ...
Louis Perego knew a lot about boyish psychology: he created a book, inspired by his teaching experience. At the age of 28, Louis Perego won the Gonkurovsky Prize, ahead of such grands as Guillaume Apolliner and Koliett. And at 33, he died in the First World War. The “button war” was published in France in 1912, and it seems to be encrypted by the message: when hatred does not subside, it grows and the slightest stupidity can destroy the fragile world.
Five times filmed, deserved the glory of the grandfather of the "Lord of Flies", Roman comes out in Russian for the first time. This became possible thanks to the two masters - Mikhail Yasnov and Maria Brusovani. They managed to preserve the daring style of the classic and go beyond the historical novel. The publication is illustrated by Vadim Chelak and is accompanied by the preface and comments of Mikhail Yasnut