Alyosha Mikhailov is the hero of Ilyin’s story “Far From the War.” He was born in a Заволжя steppe village. His childhood fell upon the hardest year of the Great Patriotic War.
The front was roaring far away, yet people continued to live, and in their lives every day brought something new. Grief and joy, holidays and death notices—this simple village life appears on the pages of this book through the prism of a child’s perception. The sincere character of the narration and the beautiful language of the storyteller will not leave the reader indifferent.