About the book: 1990 / The book by the remarkable Russian Soviet writer Andrei Platonovich Platonov (1899–1951) includes stories united by the theme of childhood and youth: “The Sandy Teacher”, “Clay House in the County Garden”, “At the Dawn of Foggy Youth”, “July Thunderstorm”, “Flower on the Earth”, etc. The theme of a growing person, the maturation of the soul, directly related to the theme of the sensitive, generous heart of the mother, maternal light, maternal love incomparable love - one of the main ones in the writer’s diverse work.