Aleksin Anatoly Georgievich, "In the meantime, somewhere": summary, main characters, problem

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

On August 3, 1924, a wonderful writer was born in Moscow, especially loved by readers of childhood and adolescence. However, both dramaturgy and journalism, which A. G. Aleksin was also involved in, were no worse than his prose. The younger generations, both in the Soviet Union and now, in the post-Soviet era, are still keenly interested in the books of Anatoly Aleksin. The questions that are raised in his works are eternal. Here the story will be considered, one of many of the same fine quality, - "In the meantime, somewhere …". A summary will also be provided. In the collection under the first edition, next to this story, there were equally interesting and famous "My brother plays the clarinet", "Characters and performers", "Late child", "A very scary story", "The day before yesterday and the day after tomorrow" and others.

About the author

A. G. Aleksin is a pseudonym, in life he was Anatoly Georgievich Goberman. It is not given to everyone to love life so reverently and at any age. Anatoly Aleksin experienced a lot, felt and thought about it in his childhood, which is why the structure of thoughts of this particular age is so close and understandable to him. His father, Georgy Platonovich, who made the October Revolution and fought in the Civil Journalist, was repressed in 1937, but the writer's mother managed to remain not only smart, courageous and fair, but also very kind.

Almost all of Aleksin's lyrical heroines are equipped with certain details of character, habits, phrases that were inherent in his mother, Maria Mikhailovna. This can also be seen in the story "In the meantime, somewhere …", the brief content of which conveys the main quality of the heroine - Nina Georgievna. And that, of course, is kindness. As a schoolboy, Anatoly Aleksin already published a lot (Pioneer magazine, Pionerskaya Pravda newspaper, Flag book collection). Then the war came, and the writer had to grow up quickly.

Creativity

Evacuated from the capital to the Urals, at the age of sixteen Aleksin first became a literary employee of the daily newspaper "Fortress of Defense", and after a short time - the executive secretary of this body of the aluminum giant under construction. In addition to the large-circulation newspaper, with its daily crazy business turnover, the writer also worked on his own future works. "Remember this face", "Ivashov", "In the rear as inhome front" and many other stories and novels contain a we alth of autobiographical material. In 1947, the writer already took part in the First All-Union Conference of Young Writers.

In 1951, he graduated from the famous Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow and published the first large book. Konstantin Paustovsky, who highly appreciated the talent and kind heart of the young writer Aleksin, became its first editor. This long story was called "Thirty-one days or the diary of the pioneer Sasha Vasilkov." With the light hand of Paustovsky, the book became popular, and its author became one of the most beloved writers in the country of childhood and youth. Until 1966, Aleksin wrote for children, and did it excellently. Who has not been to the pages of "In the country of eternal vacation"? His stories "Sasha and Shura", "Kolya writes to Olya", "The Extraordinary Adventures of Seva Kotlov" were read in libraries literally to holes. But even then the writer was thinking about the problems of educating youth. And soon these thoughts were embodied in the lines of the story "In the meantime, somewhere …". The summary already shows how the problems raised by the writer have become more extensive and serious.

New stage

In the second half of the 60s and in the 70s of the last century, plays, novels, stories were published that made Aleksin famous among adult readers. Here, first of all, the stories played a decisive role: "A Very Scary Story", "Call and Come", "The Third in the Fifth Row", "My Brother Plays the Clarinet", "MadEvdokia" and, of course, "In the meantime, somewhere …". A summary of this story will be presented below. The trilogy "In the rear as in the rear" the writer made evidence of the everyday, almost imperceptible from the front line, but a huge national feat in the great war "Heart failure" and "The division of property" well show the high qualities of a Soviet person in the most ordinary living conditions.

The eighties brought readers new stories by Anatoly Aleksin: "Home Council", "Diary of the groom", "Signalers and buglers", "He althy and sick", "Forgive me, mother", "Toy" and many others, invariably enthusiastically and with great love perceived by readers. At the same time, based on the novel by Fadeev, Aleksin wrote the play "Young Guard", several film scripts and many other works in the field of drama, for example: "Let's go to the cinema", "Tenth graders", "Return address".

"What" and "How"

The author himself repeatedly explained in his interviews the understanding of the difference between literature for youth and literature for children. It is very important for children - HOW it is written, they tend to vividly feel the imagery, the beauty of the language, the clarity of style, it is then that they perceive what the author wanted to say in the work. And young people appreciate literature precisely for the problems that concern not yet adults, but not children either. All Aleksin's works are sharp and relevant.(relevance in eternity!) problems, questions of morality. The master of the word Aleksin gave us a lot of excellent aphorisms, with which it is much easier to find the right path in life. It is necessary to hurry with good, so that it does not remain without an addressee. Children cry not only over their broken knee, but also when it hurts another. There is no wiser approach to nurturing the senses.

Here and in a huge number of other lines the word itself is extremely condensed, the writer was able to put maximum information with the help of artistry into the minimum number of letters. With all this, Aleksin does not have an ounce of dry didacticism. Here there is a constant combination of drama and tension with absolutely musical lyricism and humor, and the composition is built according to the centuries-old principles of the roll call of motives or variation of the theme. There is no impression of repetition, although the same method of construction is often used, the same problem is raised. "In the meantime, somewhere …" - a story that fully meets these signs. In terms of volume, it is also small, but informatively - huge, the moral height of this work will not leave anyone indifferent.

Now

Writer Anatoly Aleksin is known not only in Russia and the countries of the former USSR. His novels and plays have been translated into a huge number of languages, including Bengali, Persian and Hindi. Aleksin is willingly republished in England, Italy, France, Spain, and very much loved in Japan. In all the works of Anatoly Aleksin, his good heart beats. It is not in vain that the writer is the winner of awards not onlySoviet, but also international, including the name of Hans Christian Andersen. Many people remember the television program where Aleksin was the host - "Faces of Friends". He also worked a lot in the Union of Writers, in the editorial board of the magazine "Youth", in the Committee for the Protection of Peace. Since 1982, Aleksin has been a scientist-teacher, corresponding member of the APS of the USSR.

And in 1993 he left the country, lives in Israel, writes absolutely "adult" books. Both the material itself and the thematic component have changed a lot. In 1994, the "Saga of the Pevzners" came out - about terror, anti-Semitism, fascism, which cripple humanity, in this case it is considered on the example of one family. Three years later, Aleksin's novel "Mortal Sin" and the memoirs "Flipping through the Years" were published. On these pages, the inescapable optimism of the author, faith in the future of mankind, confidence in the future, with which Anatoly Aleksin always filled his work, seemed to have dried up.

Meanwhile somewhere…

For the first time readers found this story in the December magazine "Youth" in 1966. Subsequently, this work by Anatoly Aleksin was repeatedly reprinted as part of various collections and anthologies. These are editions of 1975, 1977, 1982, 1990, 2000 (only major metropolitan publishers, in total there were much more reprints).

This work for youth and adults reveals the world of youth, where the main characters show courage when faced with difficulties, they are full of kindness,uncompromising, ready to fight. Drama, intertwined with kind and very lyrical humor - a distinctive feature of "In the meantime, somewhere …". The genre of the story helps to reveal the most adult and often dramatic aspects of life, to solve such difficult issues as the right choice, understanding yourself and people, feeling strong, mature and generally a good person in the world.

Main characters

Sergei Emelyanov is not alone in this story. Both the father and the son bear this name and this surname, and therefore the well-proportioned building of the plot was built around this coincidence. The family in the full sense of the word is exemplary. Sergei Yemelyanov Sr. is a worthy role model and a father to be proud of. Together with his wife, the mother of Sergei Yemelyanov Jr., he actively goes in for sports, learns English on his own, and promotes a he althy lifestyle.

And besides, they design factories together, that is, they do the most useful thing for the country. But most importantly, the Yemelyanov family are very beautiful and impeccably obligatory people. On duty, often being on long business trips, they write letters to their son - specific, accurate, correctly formatted, with the date and time of writing. The son, leaving the house to study, every morning takes out another message from the mailbox. But once there were two messages.

Letter

The plot of the story is a letter from an unknown woman addressed to Sergei Emelyanov, which the younger Sergei opened without hesitation and read, which forever turnedpage of his former life. Carefree childhood is over. Too subtle spiritual changes that occur with the hero are difficult to understand for children and adolescence. This story is clearly written for older people. Even the author's gentle banter over the exemplary family of the main characters is already addressed to youth rather than youth with its maximalism and straightforwardness. The ideal evenness of the relationship between the parents and even, as it were, a "slightly wrong", but cloudless attitude towards the elder Emelyanov's mother-in-law - all this appears before the boy in the light of the letter he read, not at all as clear and simple as he saw it all his life.

Childhood ended with the bitter message of an unfamiliar woman, life itself changed, attitudes began, a sharp growing up began. The book "In the meantime, somewhere …" shows today's young people how great the need for kindness, responsiveness, compassion - these human qualities will truly never lose their value. Not all people are capable of being kind - this is another lesson that Seryozha Emelyanov receives on the pages of the story. This is what Anatoly Aleksin put at the forefront. "In the meantime, somewhere …" - a litmus test, which even today can be used to check the personal qualities of a person. It is a pity that the work of Anatoly Aleksin has left the modern school programs in Russia. His stories are unforgettable lessons in morality, which will always be said to be "about us" - both in fifty years and in two hundred and fifty. Anyway, today is definitely still about us.

Otherwoman

If you need to protect a person, they don't ask permission… The whole fabric of the text of the work is filled with such small postulates. What was in this letter, which turned the whole former life of Emelyanov Jr.? It turns out that his exemplary father was not always like that. He was very seriously ill after being wounded at the front, and Nina Georgievna, a doctor at the hospital where he was treated, left him. It was she who sent him into the mainstream of a he althy lifestyle: terrible insomnia, seizures, lack of appetite and many other consequences of the injury could only be overcome by a strict regimen and sports. When Emelyanov Sr. received medical treatment, he fell in love with another and left Nina Georgievna alone. But the letter is not about that at all.

She writes that she has forgiven everything, but now she is incredibly ill, and she is looking forward to help. That she is much worse than it was then, after the departure of Emelyanov Sr. Because the loss this time is not a husband, but a son. Shurik, the adopted child whom she raised, suddenly found real parents. And now he, already an adult, ran away like a child, quietly packing his things and not saying goodbye. Immediately Nina Georgievna writes that this can be understood. Sergei Jr. decides to visit her, as her parents are still on a business trip. Here people live in peace, go to school or work, walk, eat, suspect nothing, and meanwhile somewhere… The main characters of the story, without the slightest straightforwardness, but without bluntness, show with all their behavior how destructive the indifference of others is.

Why loy alty is needed

Emelyanov Jr. in the first minutes of the meeting looked at Nina Georgievna with some suspicion and even jealousy, but quickly believed, felt someone else's pain and shared the warmth of his soul. Visiting her, the boy himself became attached to this woman and, of course, became very dear to her. They became friends. The void around Nina Georgievna was filled with positive. Yes, and Sergey himself was clearly becoming different: an adult, responsible, able to give joy.

Anatoly Aleksin ends the story with the fact that Sergei Yemelyanov Jr. gets a ticket to the sea, which his parents finally decided to encourage him. He made plans for a long time - all winter, every day of his vacation he thought over. But then another letter came from Nina Georgievna. She did not know what Sergei was dreaming of, and therefore she refused her vacation, just to see him. The dream of the sea began to fade and melt right before our eyes. Sergey cannot allow Nina Georgievna to once again feel such a loss as the two previous ones. And the fact that he was the same, if not more than the previous losses of roads, he knew for sure. Sergei will not go to the sea, he will not betray. He is reliable and faithful, decent and responsive, with a huge soul and a kind heart.