Valentin Novikov - Russian writer and translator

Valentin Novikov, a philologist by education, wrote not so many books for his life (he was more engaged in translating from the Kazakh and Azerbaijani languages), but all the works found their niche in Soviet literature. His characters are young girls and boys who surround us in everyday life. These are our children, our brothers and sisters, our friends, we ourselves, in the end. That is why Novikov's books are of interest not only to teenagers, but also to the representatives of the adult readership.

Soviet novelist and translator Valentin Novikov was born on November 4, 1928 in the village of Tumanovo in the Kurgan region. After school he studied at the Faculty of Philology of Lviv State University, then taught Russian language and literature at a local school. After work as a teacher he changed several professions - he was a journalist and editor of several printed publications. In the mid-1990s he immigrated to Israel. There he died on December 20, 1995.

Valentin Novikov - bibliography

Most of the books of the Soviet writer about adolescents, their hobbies, aspirations, uneasy relationships. They are relevant in our day.

"The gorge of white spirits"

The heroes of the book are ordinary teenagers, who stepped on the pages of a work from our everyday life. They are also attracted by everything new and unexplored. They can not wait to understand, to find out, to find out. That's why the protagonist Vitalka and his friends fearlessly rushes in search of a mysterious lake. All that the children had to endure in this difficult but fascinating expedition, you will find on the pages of this book.

"Islands of the past tense"

From the pages of the book "The Gorge of White Spirits" the characters go on a journey through another novel by Valentin Afanasievich Novikov - "Islands of the Past Time". Already familiar to us boys on the way to dinosaurs. The school teacher constructed a "time machine" and moved with his students many centuries ago. What adventures await our heroes, what obstacles they will have to overcome on the way to their goal - you will learn all this after reading the book of the Soviet writer Valentin Novikov.

"The Journey of Geos"

To make a discovery, to explore something new and mysterious is always fascinating, but at the same time it is not easy. This applies to any discovery, even the most innocent and simple. What then is there to talk about stars and space? About this silent ocean, which has no boundaries. None of us know when the flight to the unknown stars will occur, when we meet representatives of a different mind, but everyone believes and knows that this will happen.

And this flight, and this meeting will necessarily be full of the most unexpected adventures. This way is sure to be thorny and dangerous, but from this it does not become less desirable and expected. The heroes of the book "The Journey of Geos" "already found themselves on this path - the astronauts are in a state where all are run by robots. The author in his work reflects on what can lead to research in various branches of science. The flight of author's fantasy takes us for many centuries into the future ...

"Fourth dimension"

On the pages of the book again, adolescents are adventurers. The work, addressed more likely to the younger generation, teaches us to never give up, to be able to find a way out of any seemingly uneasy and unsolvable situation. Such situations on the path of the researcher can meet a great many, and the author Valentin Novikov shares with his reader possible ways of solving these difficult problems.

The work "The Fourth Dimension" is especially relevant in our time, when modern youth are called upon to think outside the box and react quickly to a particular life situation. Despite the adventure genre in which the book is written, the author touches on the issues of pedagogy and problems of education of the younger generation.

"Until the first snow"

The main character of the book is a young man who lives with his mother and sister. He failed the exams in the technical school and was preparing for a new attempt, but life was ordered differently ... The mother of the hero is asked to quit her job for health reasons, the sister is studying at the institute. From this day on, all the problems of providing for the family fall on the shoulders of the only man in the family who himself was a carefree teenager himself yesterday.

"Troll"

The protagonist of the book, a professor of cybernetics, has developed a new software device that can regulate the mode of life processes of artificial tissue.

This was the result of years of work, experiments, research and many disappointments. And finally, the result is ready. Forces are not wasted. It remains only to actually verify what was obtained in the laboratory ... To this end, the crew of the ship goes to a distant star Troll.

"Star Boat"

The pages of the book - school everyday life, such as they are remembered by each of us. Call, call to the board, the chalk of the chalk, the first deuce, the first five ... This is how the "Star Boat" Valentin Afanasyevich Novikov begins. It is this description that draws the reader of any age. The teenager is immersed in a life that he knows well. The adult returns to childhood. Both are exciting and interesting. The main characters of the book are boys-classmates who suddenly became friends and also unexpectedly parted. One of them in his childhood promised to build a "Star Boat".

Russian novelist Valentin Novikov is the author of several books about teenagers. The flight of author's fantasy takes us to the most unusual places. Here reality is closely intertwined with fantasy. Ordinary schoolchildren, who just yesterday were preparing to answer at the blackboard, today are going to meet something unexplored, incomprehensible and amazingly interesting. However, the writer's work will certainly be close and understandable not only to the younger generation.