The Story of a Red-Haired Girl

Author: Lidiya Anatolyevna Budogovskaya

Illustrator: Georgy Petrovich Fitingov

Publisher: Speech, 

ISBN: 978-5-9268-1747-5

Pages: 160 (Offset)

Design

Weight: 462 g

Dimensions: 237x177x15 mm

This novella touches readers of all ages, making them keenly feel the joys and sorrows of the heroine—a girl named Eva with unruly red hair and a lively, remarkably independent character. It is hard to put down the book until you turn the last page. The events of the novella, described in vivid and expressive language, come alive before your eyes: a provincial town on the Kama River with its quiet streets and snow-covered squares, realistic boys and girls from the gymnasium, a first ball, first love, friends and ill-wishers, a mother and stepmother, a house "in which no one wants to live"…

The novella is made especially charming by the wonderfully expressive, fluid illustrations of the remarkable artist Georgy Petrovich Fitingov. With just a few strokes, this master of book illustration manages to convey the character and mood of each person: the delicate beauty of the girl, the stately dignity of the grandmother, the father's harsh character, and the timid charm of the lame little dog Krivulka.