About the book: 2006 / Valery Georgievich Popov was born in 1939 in Kazan. • He was six years old when he came to Leningrad on foot from Kazan. • Graduated from school, the Electrical Engineering Institute, then studied at VGIK. • Having become a prose writer, he wrote many books, which were later translated into different languages ​​of the world. • Popov’s most famous books: “Southern Than Before” (1969), “Normal Progress” (1976), “Life is Good” (1981), “Everyday Life of a Harem” (1994), “Mushroom Pickers Walk with Knives” (1998), "Charming Outback" (2002). • Laureate of the Sergei Dovlatov Prize for 1994 and the St. Petersburg Northern Palmyra Prize for 1998. UDC 821.161.1-ZBBK 84(2Ros-Rus)6-44P58 Design by Andrey Rybakov Popov, Valery. Selected / Valery Popov. - M.: Zebra E, 2006. - 704 p. ISBN 5-94663-325-2 © Popov V., 2006© Rybakov A., design, 2006© Publishing house "Zebra E"», 2006