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by Валерий Алексеев

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Accession 9785080008184 ISBN 9785080008184 Publisher Детская литература

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Based on the research, this edition of *Повести* (ISBN 9785080008184) by Валерий Алексеев contains four novellas — *Игры на асфальте*, *Проект «АЦ»*, *Люди Флинта*, and *Прекрасная второгодница* — all centered on Soviet urban adolescents of the 1950s–70s. Here are the themes and topics:

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1. **Coming of Age & Adolescent Identity**
The central concern across all four novellas is the inner world of the Soviet teenager — a period of character formation, shifting values, and self-definition. The protagonists must reconcile youthful self-assurance and categorical thinking with the complexities of real life.

The recurring dialectic is: growing up means confronting the gap between how you imagine yourself and how the world actually works.

Connect to books about: bildungsroman, adolescent psychology, self-discovery, youth literature.

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2. **Moral & Civic Responsibility**
Alekseyev consistently raises questions of personal duty — not just to oneself, but to society at large. His characters are tested on whether they can act with integrity, principled honesty, and trustworthiness when it counts.

The underlying tension is between individual desire and collective obligation, a defining pressure of Soviet-era youth.

Connect to books about: ethics, civic virtue, socialist realism, moral philosophy for young adults.

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3. **Friendship, Loyalty & Rivalry**
Peer relationships — close friendships that are tested, broken, or deepened — drive much of the narrative conflict. Friendship is portrayed as a formative force, but also fragile in the face of competition, jealousy, and first love.

Connect to books about: friendship in adolescence, social bonds, peer pressure, group dynamics.

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4. **First Love & Romantic Awakening**
Romantic feeling, often entangled with social awkwardness and competition, appears across the novellas (most directly in *Прекрасная второгодница*). Love is portrayed not as resolution but as disruption — something that reshapes relationships and forces self-examination.

Connect to books about: first love, romantic awakening in youth literature, emotional development, relationships.

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5. **Urban Soviet Life & City Childhood**
All four novellas are set among urban Soviet youth of the 1950s–1970s, depicting the texture of city streets, schools, and everyday life of that era. The city itself — asphalt courtyards, apartment blocks, school hallways — acts as both backdrop and shaping force.

Connect to books about: Soviet daily life, urban culture, 20th-century Russia, city childhood memoirs.

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6. **Irony, Satire & Social Critique**
Alekseyev's writing style is noted for its ironic urban prose. Even in youth-oriented stories, a satirical edge runs through portrayals of adult hypocrisy, institutional absurdity, and social pretension — marking him as a writer who uses humor to critique his world.

Connect to books about: Soviet satire, irony in literature, social comedy, literary parody.

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7. **Fantasy & the Fantastic Breaking into the Real**
Some novellas in Alekseyev's body of work (including *Проект «АЦ»*) blend realist narrative with elements of science fiction and fantasy. The fantastic is used not for escapism but to explore moral and ethical dilemmas from new angles.

Connect to books about: Soviet science fiction, magical realism, speculative fiction for young adults, ethical thought experiments.

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8. **Self-Education & the Formation of Character**
A recurring theme is self-improvement and self-discipline — the idea that character is not given but forged through choices, work, and experience. The author portrays the adolescent years as a crucial crucible in which a person's lifelong values are either built or squandered.

Connect to books about: self-cultivation, moral education, mentorship, the role of work in personal development.

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