The Shepherd and the Shepherdess

9 hrs. 55 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Viktor Astafyev

Narrators Alexander Rezalin, Konstantin Korolkov

Narrator Alexander Rezalin

Narrator Konstantin Korolkov

Description

Viktor Petrovich Astafyev was a famous Russian writer and a participant in the Great Patriotic War. One of his well-known works is the novella “The Shepherd and the Shepherdess,” which he called “a modern pastoral.” This story tells about heroes living in a peaceful rural setting, yet getting pulled into a terrible war.

The collection also includes stories “Why did I kill the corncrake?,” “Boie,” “A Drop,” “Cutie and the cat Gromilo,” as well as the novella “Tsar-Fish.”