Circus "Gladiator"
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Boris Alexandrovich Porfiryev was born in 1919 in the city of Sovetsk Kirov Region in a family of employees. He graduated from high school in Vyatka (Kirov), then studied at the History Faculty of Leningrad State University, from where he went to the front and participated in the defense of Leningrad. He began to write at the front. In 1945-1946, a cycle of front -line stories of B. Porfiryev was published in the magazine Springs, and his writer"s biography begins with them. The book included the first two parts of the trilogy (“Benifis Efim Verzilin”, “Circus“ Gladiator ””), united by the general name. The novel tells about the nuggets from the people who gave all their strength to Russian sports, about their difficult destinies at the beginning of the twentieth century. The main characters of the novel - the honest and responsive fighter Efim Verzilin, sincere and gullible Nikita Sarafannikov, who is experiencing his internal discord to the reporter Korozhzov, a talented fighter, a good -natured, but morally unstable Ivan Tataurov, have to go through many trials before determining his place in life. Along with fictional heroes, historical faces were bred in the novel - Emperor Nicholas II, Minister of War Sukhomlinov, Poddubny wrestlers, Zaikin and others. The action of the novel develops against a wide historical and social background, which gives the narrative special tension and drama
Author:
Author:Porfiryev B.A.
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Modern Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:offset
Series:
Series: Prose of the Russian North
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:12+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-4484-2743-5
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