Chernaia zhemchuzhina. Afrikanskie skazki. - Vazhdaev Viktor Moiseevich

What only mysterious creatures do not live in the African jungle, deserts and savannas: arrogant bird Kin-Kin, cunning spider Anansi, monster Isikukuumadevu, wise Coconut old man, a woman who knows how to turn into a lion ... The whimsical fantasy world of African folklore was incredibly attractive to the writer Viktor Vajdaev. All his life he was engaged in fairy tales. Traveled, studied the multivolume works of scientists, the memories of researchers, tireless collectors of folk art. And then he wrote fairy tales. And although they were based on folklore, they always felt important style. Emotional, rhythmic, memorable. If for Victor Vajdaev Africa was a long and eternal love, for the artist Niki Goltz African fairy tales became a field for experimentation. One story is just one black-and-white illustration. But it woven all the storylines and presented all the characters. And when the fairy tale ends, you want...