This book is about the friendship that binds together all generations of our people, old and young, fathers and children, grandfathers and grandchildren. The book tells about the life of a Russian strongman—a giant, the old circus athlete Artyom Nezabudny, who wandered abroad for many years and in his old age returned to his homeland, to the steppe settlement of Sukhoyarka, where he had once worked as a miner before the Revolution. Here he saw a completely new life, created by his fellow countrymen, and found faithful, caring friends.
“The Gladiator's Cup” is “a novel with feelings, adventures, and travels,” as the author himself said when answering children's questions about his new book...