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The tragic and captivating persona of Vsevolod Garshin wouldn't be out of place at the heart of a grand drama, complete with breathtaking plot swings and poignant dialog. As it was, over the course of his short life, Garshin created a sizable and formidable body of work. The tales in this collection were initially intended for children. However, following the tradition of Hans Christian Andersen and Oscar Wilde, Garshin's stories transcend one age group and one audience, offering something to people of all ages.

Mental illness though can still carry a stigma. A case of ‘you’re not trying hard enough’, ‘or knuckling down and getting on with it’. But in more recent decades mental issues have come to be recognised as an illness, a disease rather than an affliction. We all remember horror stories of lobotomy’s and electric shock being used to ‘cure’ what society viewed as anti-social behaviour but illness, mental or physical is very real. Depression, schizophrenia, breakdown, psychosis are alarming events to have or to witness.

Much like his stories for children, Vsevolod Garshin's grown-up prose may not always be easy to listen to due to difficult subject matter he tends to pick for his narratives. It is, however, always beautifully written and fascinating.

'The Signal' is the story of two peasants who work as track walkers on the railway, Semyon Ivanov and Vasily Stepanych. Semyon is grateful for his job and the hut and the vegetable patch which goes with it, but Vasily is discontented with his lot and constantly complains, including to his employers. This grumbling irritates the railway officials and eventually the situation escalates, driving Vasily to take terrible revenge on the state railway.

"Hudozhniki" - radiopostanovka po odnoimennomu rasskazu. Ispolniteli: Ul'yanov Mihail, YAkovlev YUriy, CHerkasov Nikolay, Lavrov Boris, Fedorov Evgeniy, Otisko Viktor, Kolchin Vladimir, Klyucharev Igor', Korovina Elena.

Izdanie soderzhit izvestnuju skazku "Ljagushka-puteshestvennica" russkogo pisatelja Vsevoloda Garshina. Istorija o hvastlivoj Ljagushke, kotoraja proletela s utkami ot bolota do bolota, a potom rasskazyvala o svoih puteshestvijah v dal'nie strany....