Pechal'nyi detektiv [Sad Detective]

Victor Petrovich Astafyev (1924-2001) was born in the Siberian village of Ovsyanka on the banks of the Yenisei. In 1942, he volunteered for the front and went through the entire war as a simple soldier. In the difficult post-war period, he changed many professions: he worked as a carpenter, and a locksmith, and a loader ... A passionate fisherman, hunter, hard worker and warrior - everything that he wrote in his books, Astafyev knew firsthand. On the incompatibility of war and life and how difficult it is to preserve oneself even after returning from war without a single scratch. About Siberian nature, its harsh taiga laws and pristine beauty, accessible to those who have not lost their original connection with the world. The meaning of the family and the eternal laws of morality. About the need to return 'to yourself, to the way you were conceived by the Creator and nurtured by nature.'