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Приключения Васи Куролесова #1-2

Приключения Васи Куролесова / Пять похищенных монахов

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В книгу входят две веселые повести с приключениями, погонями и даже выстрелами. С деревенским пареньком Васей Куралесовым, который стал храбрым и умелым помощником милиции, читатель встретится в обеих повестях.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

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Yuri Koval

79 books4 followers
Yuri Koval (Юрий Коваль) was the author of several novels, novellas and collections of short stories and fairy-tales, both for children and adults. He has also written poems and songs.

Associated Names:
Юрий Коваль - Russian
Юрий Ковал - Bulgarian
Juri Koval - Finnish
Jurij Koval - Hungarian
Jurijus Kovalis - Lithuanian

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159 reviews4 followers
April 22, 2022
Любимая книга детства
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236 reviews2 followers
February 9, 2017
I just wrote a long and nuanced review, but then my internet decided to crash, so here in short form:

- This is somewhere between 3 and 4 stars to me, but closer to 3.
- I preferred the premise of Недопёсок, but the rest of the book didn't live up to it, so I would place this slightly higher.
- I liked this, but, eh. Not thaaat much. This is a decent children's book, but it doesn't translate well to adult readers and as somebody who didn't read any Koval as a kid, I don't have any nostalgia to fall back onto.
- Or this is really just me, somehow neither his humour nor his settings seem appealing. (No idea if it's because I don't like Russian villages as a setting in general or if he treats them in a way I don't like.)

But yeah, might even read more of Koval, but am remaining unconvinced about him in general. (I could try to explain, but it's hard. Maybe it's because I like children's books that don't withhold adult emotions from kids. Everything about Koval just feels like a bizarro parallel world where huge portions of human experience don't exist, which is sorta off-putting to me. Even tho this one is pretty dark, actually. Something's still missing.)

(Oh and my book just has the first adventure.)
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449 reviews50 followers
August 30, 2015
არ ვიცი, შეიძლება მაინცდამაინც საბჭოთა (ან ბოლეე-მენეე რუსულისპონტში) გარემოში უნდა გქონდეს ბავშვობა გატარებული ამ წიგნზე რომ იკაიფო. შეიძლება არც. მაგრამ წაკითხვისას აი ძალიან ძალიან ძალიან საინტერესო და სახალისო რამე რომ იყო, ფაქტია! მაგარი იუმორი, დაეტექტივი, სასპენსი, რამე...

ალბათ რუსულად წაკითხვა ჯობია ოღონდ, თორე მახსოვს 1-2 ჟარგონი ვერც გადათარგმნეს პირდაპირ და ალბათ რაც თარგმნეს იმის ხარისხიც რავიცი აბა... მაგალითად:

"კრენდელი: გერმანული სიტყვაა, საკონდიტრო ნაწარმს - ფუნთუშას ეძახიან, რომელსაც რვიანის მოყვანილობა აქვს"
71 reviews13 followers
July 26, 2013
This detective story for children IS funny! And the cartoon movie made after it is very funny, too. I sincerely recommend both the book and the cartoon.
Only you have to understand Russian to enjoy them...
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40 reviews5 followers
March 2, 2016
Favourite book of my childhood. Amazing wit, charm and depth. Read it no fewer than 20 times.
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