Kaverin

The book of literary and theatrical critic of Natalia Staroselskaya tells about the life and creative path of one of the last classics of Russian Soviet literature of the twentieth century, Veniamin Aleksandrovich Kaverin (1902-1989), whose life has passed against the backdrop of stormy, abruptly replacement events of almost the whole century. Kaverin remains popular today, primarily thanks to his novel "Two Captains", twice filmed. More than once, his other works were filmed - "fulfillment of desires", "open book", "Namukhin musicians" (according to the cycle of fairy tales "night watchmen, or seven entertaining stories ..."), who have not lost their relevance to this day.
Kaverin worked in many genres - he wrote stories, novels, fairy tales, plays, essays, memoirs, in particular about the literary association of the 1920s? 1930s "Serapion brothers" to which he belonged. Fate brought him with wonderful people - M. Gorky, Evg. Schwartz, M. M. Zoshchenko, Yu. N. Tynyanov and many others. The heritage of Benjamin Kaverin and today attracts unusual plots, real facts, and accuracy of outlining the characters" characters, a magnificent style and language