Danko's Burning Heart

by Maxim Gorky, Margaret Wettlin (Translator), V. K. Bisengaliev (Illustrator)

A courageous young boy named Danko leads his tribe to safety after they are forced from their home by another tribe.

Genres: Short Stories, Russia, Fantasy, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction

44 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1895

About the author

Russian writer Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov (Russian: Алексей Максимович Пешков) supported the Bolshevik revolution of 1917 and helped to develop socialist realism as the officially accepted literary aesthetic; his works include The Life of Klim Samgin (1927-1936), an unfinished cycle of novels.

This Soviet author founded the socialist realism literary method and a political activist. People also nominated him five times for the Nobel Prize in literature. From 1906 to 1913 and from 1921 to 1929, he lived abroad, mostly in Capri, Italy; after his return to the Soviet Union, he accepted the cultural policies of the time.

Reviews

[হাঁটুপানির জলদস্যু]

অপূর্ব বিষাদে ভরা মহৎ গল্প। এমন গল্প যেন আঁধার শালবনের ওপর বিদ্যুচ্চমক, ক্ষণিকের জন্যে বিশালের উদ্ভাসন ঘটায়। ননী ভৌমিকের অতুলনীয় অনুবাদ আর ভ্লাদিমির বিসেনগালিয়েভের অলংকরণে বইটাও যেন জ্বলে উঠেছে দাঙ্কোর হৃদয়ের মতোই। কুর্নিশ।

[Chrysa Chouliara]

My favourite short story as a kid and as an adult.

[George]

Wonderful, this is life, beautiful like the heart of Danko and harsh like the feet of the people that crushed it from fear.

[Thikrayat Al-aradi]

The artwork is so very beautiful 🤩✨

Story is a bit sad

[Tahsin Reja]

সাহস আর আত্মত্যাগের গল্প। অপূর্ব ছবি আর ননী ভৌমিকের অনবদ্য অনুবাদে অনন্যসাধারণ একটা বই!

বইটা পড়তে পড়তে কেন জানি বঙ্গবন্ধু শেখ মুজিবুর রহমানকে মনে পড়লো!

[Yordanka Almaguer]

Uno de los relatos más hermosos que he leído. No estoy segura si es para jóvenes o para adultos, creo que encaja en cualquier categoría porque el amor hacia el resto de la humanidad no se restringe a una edad determinada. Lamentablemente la ceguera y la falta de agradecimiento es universal. Un libro que siempre voy a recomendar.

[Steven Godin]

Found online. For anyone interested the link is below.

[Mela Noura]

Μια μικρή ιστορία που καίει ακόμη και μετά το τέλος της. Ο Ντάνκο δεν είναι ήρωας επειδή είναι ο δυνατότερος, αλλά επειδή, όταν όλοι φοβούνται, προχωρά μπροστά και παίρνει πάνω του τη μοίρα των άλλων. Η καρδιά του γίνεται κυριολεκτικά φως και η αυτοθυσία του αποκτά κάτι αρχέγονο, σχεδόν μυθικό.
Μου άρεσε ιδιαίτερα η σκληρότητα της ιστορίας: ο άνθρωπος που δίνει τα πάντα στους άλλους δεν παίρνει ούτε την ευγνωμοσύνη τους. Κι όμως, αυτό δεν ακυρώνει την πράξη του. Την κάνει ακόμη πιο δυνατή. Πίσω από τον θρύλο βρίσκεται μια καθαρή ιδέα για την ηγεσία, την αλληλεγγύη και το τίμημα του να φωτίζεις τον δρόμο όταν οι υπόλοιποι έχουν χάσει το θάρρος τους.

[Jose Cruz]

Cuento de 60 páginas, publicado en 1895. Relato muy hermoso en el que un joven protagonista ayudará a su pueblo a salvarse del exilio y la necesidad. Nos habla de la fortaleza necesaria para afrontar cambios frente a la incertidumbre. Breve, pero precioso. Recomiendo esta lectura del gran autor ruso.

[Prabhani TG ✨]

Beautiful short story written by Maxim Gorky about finding the freedom. It’s a story about a tribe who lived in a dark forest and a man who saved them and brought to the light. The story is beautifully written and easy to read.

[MFIsaac]

I have the vastly underrated and largely forgotten author, Gerald Kersh to thank for bringing this thought provoking short story to my attention. As other reviewers have mentioned the stunning artwork in this particular edition is phenomenal and really compliments the moral of the story.

[Kitabist]

Kitabı səsli formayda bitirdim və dinlədiyim zaman təsvirlərlə gözümün önündə cəsur Danko,keçilməz meşə və onun işıq saçan ürəyi canlanırdı.

[Elmin Ağahəsənli]

Ürəyini alova çevirib zülmətlərə işıq saçan Dankonun hekayəsi.

[Adil]

akın altan'ın sesinden, kendi youtube kanalında dinledim bu kitapta yer alan bir öyküyü:

danko'nun yüreği: 4/5

[Vaios]

Μέτριες ιστοριούλες για παιδιά σε δύσκολες συνθήκες ζωής...

[Radhika]

A socialist hero for the kids.

[tralalouda]

Μελαγχολικά όμορφο, μια υπέροχη συλλογή από σύντομες ιστορίες που φαντάζουν απλές αλλά κρύβουν μέσα τους πολύπλοκο νόημα. Αν σε κάνει να νιώσεις, ό,τι κι αν είναι αυτό που νιώθεις, τότε έχει πετύχει!

[Sadia Mansoor]

No matter how brave & caring you are... Ppl still dont care, nor value you.
But still, a hero remains a hero. Only he has the courage to self sacrifice himself for the masses. No one else would do such a thing!

Link to this story http://www.fulltextarchive.com/page/-...

[George Kant.]

For some reason I didn't really liked the meaning of the stories in the way that they were given. Maybe a little over dramatic for my taste. Not bad, not good either. Felt mediocre as a book.