Tim Thaler, or a laughter sold. Kryus J.

Change your life in an instant. Forget all the troubles, cope with the trials - and rush to happiness along the shortest and light path. Orphan Tim Thaler dreams of this. He is unbearable to life with the stepmother and harmful consolidated brother. And only Sunday campaigns in the hippodrome brighten up everyday life. It is there, in the most desperate mood, that the fourteen -year -old hero meets Baron Trech, who offers magical salvation from all troubles. Tim Thaler will win any bet - if he agrees to a symbolic exchange: the boy only needs to give his laughter three - only a real fool will refuse such a deal!.. James Kruis Tim Thaler, or Sold laughter, written in 1962, has long become classic of teenage literature. Her Soviet film adaptation of 1981 is still loved by many Russian -speaking viewers. This children's “Faust” captivates both an exciting plot and a unique atmosphere: a book, the action of which unfolds at the turn of the 1920-1930s in Germany, is permeated by a sense of disaster approaching Europe and the thought that even in this situation everyone has the right to smile And the chance to be happy. Reviews are decorated with illustrations by Nicky Golts, since childhood familiar to Russian readers of several generations. Readers who have not yet managed to discover this text will come to the rescue of Alexei Kopeikin.