Valentin Novikov, a philologist by education, did not write very many books in his life (being more involved in translation from Kazakh and Azerbaijani languages), but all the works found their niche in Soviet literature. His characters are young girls and boys surrounding us in everyday life. These are our children, our brothers and sisters, our friends, ourselves, in the end. That is why Novikov’s books are interesting not only for teenagers, but also for representatives of an adult readership.
Soviet writer and translator Valentin Novikov was born on November 4, 1928 in the village of Tumanovo, Kurgan Region. After school, he studied at the philological faculty of Lviv State University, then taught Russian language and literature at a local school. After working as a teacher, he changed several professions - he was both a journalist and editor of several print media. In the mid-90s he emigrated to Israel. He died there on December 20, 1995.
Valentin Novikov - bibliography
Most of the books of the Soviet writer are about teenagers, their hobbies, aspirations, and difficult relationships. They are relevant in our days.
"Gorge of white spirits"
The heroes of the book are ordinary teenagers who have stepped on the pages of a work from our everyday life. They are also attracted to everything new and unexplored. They cannot wait to understand, find out, and learn on their own. That is why the main character Vitalka with his friends fearlessly rushes in search of a mysterious lake. Everything 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 "Gorge of the White Spirits" the heroes go on a journey through another work of Valentin Afanasevich Novikov - "Islands of the Past Tense". Boys already familiar to us on the way to the dinosaurs. The school teacher designed the “time machine” and was transported 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 about all this by reading the book of the Soviet writer Valentin Novikov.
"Journey" Geos ""
Making a discovery, exploring something new and mysterious is always exciting, but at the same time difficult. This applies to any discovery, even the most innocent and simple. What then to speak about stars and space! About this silent ocean, which has no borders. None of us knows when there will be a flight to uncharted stars, when we will meet representatives of a different mind, but everyone believes and knows that this will happen.
Both this flight and this meeting will certainly be full of the most unexpected adventures. This path will certainly be thorny and dangerous, but from this it does not become less desirable and expected. The heroes of The Journey of Geos already found themselves on this path - astronauts end up in a state where robots run the show. The author in his work reflects on what research in various branches of science can lead to. The flight of creative imagination takes us many centuries into the future ...
"Fourth dimension"
On the pages of the book are teenagers again - adventurers. A work addressed rather to the younger generation teaches us never to give up, to be able to find a way out of any, it would seem, the most difficult and insoluble situation. A great many such situations can occur on the path of the researcher, and the author Valentin Novikov shares with his reader possible ways to solve these difficult problems.
The work "The Fourth Dimension" is especially relevant in our time, when modern youth are required to think outside the box, to quickly respond to a particular life situation. Despite the adventure genre in which the book was written, the author addresses the issues of pedagogy and the problems of educating the younger generation.
"Before the first snow"
The main character of the book is a young man living with his mother and sister. He failed the exams at the technical school and was preparing for a new attempt, but life ordered it differently ... Hero’s mother is asked to quit her job due to health reasons, her sister studies 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, yesterday himself, was a carefree teenager.
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.
It was the result of many years of work, experience, research and numerous disappointments. And finally, the result is ready. Strength wasted not in vain. It remains only to verify in fact what was received in the laboratory ... For this purpose, the crew of the ship goes to the distant star of the Troll.
Star boat
On the pages of the book are school weekdays, such as each of us remembers. The call, the call to the board, the creak of chalk, the first two, the first five ... That is how Valentin Afanasevich Novikov begins his “Star Boat”. It is this description that captivates the reader of any age. A teenager plunges into a life that is familiar to him. An adult returns to childhood. Both that, and another are fascinating and interesting. The main characters of the book are classmate boys who very suddenly became friends and also unexpectedly parted. One of them in childhood promised to build a "Star Boat".
Russian prose writer Valentin Novikov is the author of several books about teenagers. The flight of creative imagination takes us to the most unusual places. Here, reality is closely intertwined with fiction. Ordinary schoolchildren, who only yesterday prepared to answer at the blackboard, today set off to meet something unknown, incomprehensible and amazingly interesting. However, the writer's work will certainly be close and understandable not only to the younger generation.