About the book: year / The autobiographical story of the oldest Latvian writer V. Brank introduces readers to the difficult life of a poor Latvian family at the beginning of this century. The hero of the book, young Voldis, tells about his first income - he needed money to go to school, about games and pranks, about the war with the sons of the local rich. The boy's first encounters with harsh reality lead him to understand that life is unfair if everything - the forest, the land, and the lakes - belongs to the baron..