In a collection by the famous Leningrad writer there are the novellas “Yesterday’s Concerns,” “The Third Is Extra,” and a cycle of stories about Petr Nitochkin (“Petr Nitochkin on the Question of Mental Incompatibility,” “Petr Nitochkin on the Question of a Sailor’s Cunning,” “Petr Nitochkin on the Question of Quasidooks,” and others). The action takes place across the vast space of the World Ocean—from the Arctic to Antarctica. The book tells about sailors—true workers of the sea, about their difficult work under conditions of long separation from their Motherland, home, and family.
Contents:
Stories by Petr Ivanovich Nitochkin
Petr Nitochkin: on the question of mental incompatibility
Petr Nitochkin: on the question of a sailor’s cunning.
Petr Ivanovich Nitochkin: on the question of sea traditions
Yesterday’s Concerns
Petr Ivanovich Nitochkin: on the question of quasidoooks
The Third Is Extra