Голубое и зеленое

by Yuri Kazakov, Юрий Казаков

В книгу вошли лучшие рассказы Ю.Казакова, напечатанные в 1959 и 1961 годах в сборниках "На полустанке" и "По дороге".
Автора волнуют проблемы счастья, смысла жизни, труда. Он бичует пошлость, лицемерие, ханжество, доставшиеся в наследство от прошлого.

320 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Yuri Pavlovich Kazakov was a Russian author of short stories. He started out as a jazz musician, but turned to publishing his stories in 1952. He attended the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute, graduating in 1958. Kazakov was born to a worker's family in Moscow and grew up in the old Arbat area, which has today been turned into a tourist attraction but in the mid-1900s was the focal point of Russian culture. He emerged as a writer only thanks to the short period in recent Russian history known as "the Thaw", but in the mid-1960s, this period gave way to stagnation in culture and public life. Kazakov produced some of his best stories in the 1970s, which dealt with the merging of two souls, the soul of the newborn and the soul of the poet at the end of his life.

Kazakov died on November 29, 1982 and was buried in Vagankovo Cemetery in Moscow.

Reviews

[Laila Collman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Since this was the first novella I've ever read in Russian, it seems fitting that my review should be in Russian:

В Москве в 1956 году было трудно для молодых людей с большими мечтами. Этот рассказ милый и тоже грустный - с большой душой. Это простая, красивая история о мальчике (Алёша) и его первая подруга, Лиля. Мне очень нравилась.

[Artur Singer]

Рекомендуется Веллером

[Sergey Barsamyan · Rating 4 out of 5]

magical coming of age story

[Andrei · Rating 4 out of 5]

Читалось очень легко, но концовка странна.

[Tanveer Karim · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first "serious" novel I read completely in Russian. It has been a while since I have read Russian literature but this novel did not fail to invoke those familiar печальные emotions. The novel is from the perspective of a fifteen year old and his first love. I will leave the rest for everyone else. It started slow but I loved the second half of the book. Highly recommend if you enjoy Russian stories and are looking for a book to start reading in Russian.