The heroes of Anatoly Sobolev’s book are seventeen-to-eighteen-year-old young men. They didn’t go on assaults, they didn’t take cities; they matured not in the fire of battles, but in the depths of the sea, fighting with the elements while performing dangerous and unusual work. The author went to the navy and spent seven years as a diver. His knowledge of the specifics of a submariner’s service helped him create psychologically convincing works. The main theme of A. Sobolev’s novellas is the formation of a soldier, the acquisition of ideological and moral qualities necessary to defeat the enemy. The writer created a young hero of wartime years. The book includes the novellas “Some Kind of Station,” “Quiet Post,” “A Life Jacket for Growing Into,” and “Night Rainbow.”
Contents:
1. Some Kind of Station
2. Quiet Post
3. A Life Jacket for Growing Into
4. Night Rainbow