Ариэль (иллюстрации А. Иткина)

V Indii, v taĭnoĭ shkole, gde gotovi͡at mediumov, prorit͡sateleĭ, gipnotizërov i i͡asnovidi͡ashchikh, zhivët i͡unosha po imeni Ariėlʹ. On ne pomnit ni svoego nastoi͡ashchego imeni, ni svoikh rodnykh, ni togo kak popal tuda. Po vole direktora shkoly nad Ariėlem provodi͡at nauchnyĭ ėksperiment, i vskore glavnyĭ geroĭ obnaruzhivaet, chto umeet letatʹ… Otkroet li ėta udivitelʹnai͡a sposobnostʹ i͡unoshe putʹ k svobode ili vperedi ego zhdut novye ispytanii͡a? V nashem izdanii fantasticheskai͡a istorii͡a Aleksandra Beli͡aeva ob Ariėle proilli͡ustrirovana Anatoliem Itkinym - zasluzhennym khudozhnikom Rossii, nagrazhdënnym pochëtnym diplomom "Obraz knigi" za osobyĭ vklad v iskusstvo knizhnoĭ grafiki i vernostʹ ėsteticheskim print͡sipam. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

In India, in a secret school where mediums, soothsayers, hypnotists and clairvoyants are trained, there lives a young man named Ariel. He doesn't remember his real name, his family, or how he got there. At the behest of the headmaster, a scientific experiment is conducted on Ariel, and soon the protagonist discovers that he can fly.… Will this amazing ability open the way to freedom for the young man, or are there new challenges ahead? In our edition, Alexander Belyaev's fantastic story about Ariel is illustrated by Anatoly Itkin, an honored artist of Russia who was awarded the honorary diploma "Image of the Book" for his special contribution to the art of book graphics and fidelity to aesthetic principles. Read more…