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MediaDB / «The Test of Time" Alexander Popovsky: download fb2, read online
About the book: 1969 / Alexander Popovsky's new book "The Test of Time" opens with the novel "The Dreamer", written on autobiographical material. The second and third parts - “The Test of Time” and “At the Turning Point” - are memories of the writer’s half-century life and creative journey. The action of the novel “The Dreamer” takes place in the distant, pre-revolutionary years. It tells the story of the life of a Jewish boy, Shimshon. The father is barely able to feed the family. Shimshon goes through the bitter school of life. At first, he is infected with class and religious prejudices; he is sure that wealth and poverty, joys and sorrows are sent down by God. However, the day comes when the exhausted young man hurls bitter reproaches to God and his rich relatives. The action of the second part of the book takes place during the Civil War. The writer openly talks about the mistakes he experienced, about the difficult path he traveled in search of the truth.A. Popovsky has been working in the genre of scientific and fiction literature for many years. He wrote novels and stories about people of science. In the third part of the book, he talks about how these works were created and recalls his meetings with outstanding Soviet scientists.