Охотники на мамонтов (илл. З. Буриана)

Imi͡a cheshskogo pisateli͡a, uchiteli͡a i istorika Ėduarda Shtorkha shiroko izvestno ne tolʹko na ego rodine, no i v drugikh stranakh. Prikli͡uchencheskie romany Shtorkha, posvi͡ashchennye dalekomu proshlomu chelovechestva, i po seĭ denʹ vyzyvai͡ut interes u i͡unykh (i ne tolʹko!) chitateleĭ. Shtorkh neodnokratno byval v arkheologicheskikh ėkspedit͡sii͡akh, prinimal uchastie vo mnogikh raskopkakh - i, chtoby podelitʹsi͡a svoimi znanii͡ami s molodym pokoleniem, on nachal pisatʹ knigi o zhizni pervobytnykh li͡udeĭ. Tak na svet poi͡avilsi͡a glavnyĭ geroĭ samogo uspeshnogo romana Shtorkha "Okhotniki na mamontov" (1918) - malʹchik Kopchem, zhivushchiĭ 20-30 tysi͡ach let tomu nazad gde-to v nyneshneĭ I͡Uzhnoĭ Moravii. Kopchem, kak i vse ego sorodichi, zanimaetsi͡a sobiratelʹstvom, rybnoĭ lovleĭ i okhotoĭ, a v svobodnoe vremi͡a rezvitsi͡a s takimi zhe malʹchishkami, kak on sam, naslazhdai͡asʹ solnt͡sem i vozdukhom. Pod rukovodstvom silʹnogo vozhaka soplemenniki Kopchema kochui͡ut, vybirai͡a dli͡a stoi͡anok bolee bezopasnye i sytnye mesta. Kazhdomu v plemeni otvoditsi͡a svoi͡a rolʹ: muzhchiny okhoti͡atsi͡a, kormi͡at zhenshchin i deteĭ, a te vedut khozi͡aĭstvo, shʹi͡ut odezhdu iz shkur i dezhuri͡at u ochaga. Pervobytnykh li͡udeĭ vsi͡udu podsteregaet opasnostʹ: oni gibnut ot lap khishchnikov, bolei͡ut, srazhai͡utsi͡a s sosedi͡ami, inogda golodai͡ut, merznut. Pri ėtom kazhdyĭ ikh denʹ napolnen udivitelʹnymi dli͡a sovremennogo cheloveka vstrechami s dikimi zhivotnymi i stikhieĭ… Roman s illi͡ustrat͡sii͡ami zamechatelʹnogo cheshskogo khudozhnika Zdeneka Buriana publikuetsi͡a na russkom vpervye v polnom perevode!

The name of the Czech writer, teacher and historian Eduard Storch is widely known not only in his homeland, but also in other countries. Storch's adventure novels, dedicated to the distant past of mankind, still arouse the interest of young people (and not only!) readers. Storch repeatedly visited archaeological expeditions, took part in many excavations — and in order to share his knowledge with the younger generation, he began to write books about the life of primitive people. So the main character of Storch's most successful novel "Mammoth Hunters" (1918) was born — a boy named Kopchem, who lived 20-30 thousand years ago somewhere in present-day Southern Moravia. Kopchem, like all his relatives, is engaged in gathering, fishing and hunting, and in his spare time frolics with boys like himself, enjoying the sun and air. Under the leadership of a strong leader, the tribesmen of Kopchem roam, choosing safer and more satisfying places for parking. Everyone in the tribe has their own role: men hunt, feed women and children, and they keep house, sew clothes from skins and are on duty at the hearth. Primitive people are in danger everywhere: they die from the clutches of predators, get sick, fight with neighbors, sometimes starve, freeze. At the same time, their every day is filled with amazing encounters with wild animals and the elements for a modern person ... A novel with illustrations by the wonderful Czech artist Zdenek Burian is published in Russian for the first time in full translation!