Hour of Shakalov
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Once Vasil Vladimirovich Bykov (1924-2003) told his friend Alesha Adamovich: “Only one person can save the world. And this man is you. With such conviction of personal responsibility for everything, he himself lived, fought, and wrote his books. The plots of his military novels are most often simple, there are not many adventures in them. But in the core of each plot there is an indisputable condition - a merciless moral choice that stands in front of the hero. This is in Sotnikov, and in survive until dawn, and in the dugout ", and in the hukes" hour". There are no battle scenes in Sotnikov at all, there are no Germans either - captured partisans, rural women, policemen - all their own. But the inner degree of the confrontation between Sotnikov and the fisherman, honor and meanness are such that not every tank battle is compared with him. "Hour of Shakalov" falls out of military themes, this is a story about our time. But here, even here, the Afghans" choice of Stupak from presidential protection is the same as the fisherman - honor or dishonor, salvation of conscience or participation in the "liquidation". It was not for nothing that Vasil Bykov said that he never returned from the war.
Translation from Belorussky Valery Prysky, Natalia Istunova. Accompanying article and compilation of Natalia Istunova
Translation from Belorussky Valery Prysky, Natalia Istunova. Accompanying article and compilation of Natalia Istunova
Author:
Author:Vasil
Cover:
Cover:Soft
Category:
- Category:Fiction
- Category:Romance & Love
- Category:Historical Literature
- Category:Poetry & Literature
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Series:
Series: Checked by time
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-00112-162-6
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