The Last Bow
30 hrs. 52 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Viktor Astafyev
Author
Viktor Astafyev
Narrator
Vadim Panfilov
Narrator
Vadim Panfilov
Description
“Last Bow” is a milestone work in V. P. Astafyev’s oeuvre. In it, two main themes converge: the rural and the wartime. At the center of the autobiographical novella is the fate of a boy who lost his mother early and is raised by… decency, a tender attitude to bread, careful — to money — all this, amid obvious poverty and modesty, combined with hard work, helps the family survive even in the hardest moments. With love, V. P. Astafyev draws in the novella scenes of children’s pranks and fun, simple home conversations, everyday worries (among which most of the boy’s time and energy is devoted to gardening work, as well as plain peasant food). For the boy, even the first new trousers become a great joy, because they are constantly being altered from old ones. In the figurative structure of the novella, the central image is the hero’s grandmother. She is a respected person in the village. Her large working hands with visible veins once again emphasize the heroine’s diligence. “In any business, it’s not the word but the hands that are the head of everything. Don’t feel sorry for your hands. Hands — they make everything skillfully and show the way,” the character says. The most ordinary tasks (tidying the house, a cabbage pie) in her performance give so much warmth and care to the people around that they are felt as a holiday. In the hard years, an old sewing machine helps the family survive and have a piece of bread — on it, the grandmother manages to sew clothes for half the village.
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00-01-annotatsiya
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01-01-01-dalekaya-i-blizkaya-skazka
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01-01-02-dalekaya-i-blizkaya-skazka
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01-02-zorkina-pesnya
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01-03-derevya-rastut-dlya-vseh
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01-04-gusi-v-polyne
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01-05-01-zapah-sena
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01-05-02-zapah-sena
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01-06-01-kon-s-rozovoy-grivoy
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01-06-02-kon-s-rozovoy-grivoy
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01-07-01-monah-v-novyh-shtanah
30:13
01-07-02-monah-v-novyh-shtanah
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01-07-03-monah-v-novyh-shtanah
28:22
01-08-01-noch-temnaya-temnaya
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01-08-02-noch-temnaya-temnaya
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01-08-03-noch-temnaya-temnaya
25:34
01-09-dyadya-filipp-sudovoy-mehanik
30:20
01-10-01-angel-hranitel
25:53
01-10-02-angel-hranitel
13:04
01-11-malchik-v-beloy-rubahe
37:31
01-12-osennie-grusti-i-radosti
23:57
01-13-01-fotografiya-na-kotoroy-menya-net
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01-13-02-fotografiya-na-kotoroy-menya-net
30:21
01-14-01-babushkin-prazdnik
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01-14-02-babushkin-prazdnik
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01-14-03-babushkin-prazdnik
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01-15-01-gori-gori-yasno
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01-15-02-gori-gori-yasno
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01-15-03-gori-gori-yasno
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01-15-06-gori-gori-yasno
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02-16-01-burunduk-na-kreste
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02-16-03-burunduk-na-kreste
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02-17-01-karasinaya-pogibel
32:11
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31:08
02-17-03-karasinaya-pogibel
30:38
02-18-01-bez-priyuta
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02-18-02-bez-priyuta
30:07
02-18-03-bez-priyuta
27:44
02-18-04-bez-priyuta
28:48
02-18-05-bez-priyuta
29:33
02-18-06-bez-priyuta
36:39
02-18-07-bez-priyuta
31:30
02-19-01-soroka
31:38
02-19-02-soroka
32:57
02-19-03-soroka
30:57
02-20-01-gde-to-gremit-voyna
30:09
02-20-02-gde-to-gremit-voyna
32:15
02-20-03-gde-to-gremit-voyna
29:50
02-20-04-gde-to-gremit-voyna
29:49
02-20-05-gde-to-gremit-voyna
31:13
02-20-06-gde-to-gremit-voyna
34:03
02-20-07-gde-to-gremit-voyna
29:53
02-21-01-privorotnoe-zele
30:49
02-21-02-privorotnoe-zele
25:07
02-21-03-privorotnoe-zele
31:01
02-22-01-soevye-konfety
31:19
02-22-02-soevye-konfety
23:48
02-22-03-soevye-konfety
29:12
02-22-04-soevye-konfety
27:03
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26:41
02-23-01-pir-posle-pobedy
25:43
02-23-02-pir-posle-pobedy
21:55
02-23-03-pir-posle-pobedy
26:38
02-23-04-pir-posle-pobedy
12:53
02-24-posledniy-poklon
