Street stream. Volume 1. On the eve. Linda Yu.

How, after so many years, to talk about the Second World War? So much has already been written and removed about these events, in an intended and told, although to this day white spots remain in official historiography. The best way to penetrate into those distant events is to try to understand each participant, hear his voice, go sideways with him on the side at least part of the journey. Fifth graders of the provincial city of N, confident in the indestructibility of the Soviet Army, dreaming of becoming real heroes. The German language teacher, nicknamed Cobra for strictness and uncompromising character. The young German baron, who gives hopes a pianist, tearing between feelings and duty. Jewish Erica, who is in the illusion that love wins everything... From these stories, the fabric of a large polyphonic novel is weaving, each page of which breathes a premonition of the upcoming war.

Julia Linde - a writer and journalist, laureate of the international competition for them. Sergey Mikhalkov. Before starting to work on the text, she read for two years: after all, the one who does not read does not write anything. Walks in places related to characters, collecting antiques of the 1930-1940s, long weeks of work in Lenin and in archives, interviews with participants in the events-and here is the result of work: the first volume of the historical novel “Without Bronze and Gilders”.

for senior school age.

The author of the cover is Eve Eller.