A bright childhood: where the water lilies rocked Zhesnitsa

"Jaski Dziatsinstva. Dze Liuliatsa Harlachyki-Zhesnitsa" by Ales Misuna is more than just memoirs. It's a vivid portrait of the past, where the spirit of a forgotten era, the atmosphere of daily life, friendship, and the struggle for survival are resurrected through short stories. The author is like an artist, applying broad and expressive brushstrokes, allowing us to see the world of his childhood as it was – sincere, difficult, and yet full of light.

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Someone might say about this book by Ales Misuna: "A book of memoirs." And they would be right, because even under a magnifying glass, you won't find a single speck of fiction in it. Everything was real! And yet, it's more than just memoirs. It's a picture where, behind the large, always unexpected and deeply meaningful brushstrokes, one can see those events, those people with their worldview, that life, often – the struggle for life... The pearls of short stories captivate today's reader with the spirit of that ancient, already forgotten and irreversible time, the way of life amidst which the author's childhood passed.