You can study history from books and films based on Vladimir Kunin's scripts. One of the most vivid and honest books about the early years of perestroika? Of course, the "Interdevochka". A family drama of stagnation? "Adam's rib!. The most honest and poignant books about the war are The Chronicle of the Dive Bomber and Descended from Heaven. All the stories collected under this cover are about the most ordinary people. They lived, loved, joked, grieved. They are the story. Masha and Sergey, the characters of the story "Descended from Heaven", fell in love with each other to the sounds of the languid romance "Oh those black eyes". But it didn't happen on the dance floor and not at all under romantic circumstances. This record was played by the fascists who besieged the catacombs, where Soviet soldiers were immured alive. The wounded die without water, and the sanitary instructor Masha decides to leave the catacombs. A fascist sniper is watching her through the scope. He gives her time to breathe in the fresh, intoxicating air. Go to the water. Collect a full bucket. The sniper keeps his eyes on this strange couple — a small, fragile girl and a wounded soldier who guards her like a faithful knight. It depends on him, the sniper, whether the story of Masha and Sergei will continue: ordinary life, work, family, son Vovka. The fate of these people is in his hands. And it was as if they had forgotten that there was war and death around. They love each other, they really want to live. I wish this story had a happy ending. How I want to!