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Sasha Galit͡skiĭ - izrailʹskiĭ khudozhnik, rezchik po derevu i avtor knig "Mama, ne gori͡uĭ!" i "Ne boisʹ!". Bolee dvadt͡sati let on vedët studii rezʹby po derevu v domakh prestarelykh i sot͡sialʹnykh t͡sentrakh Izraili͡a. Ėta kniga vyrosla iz razgovorov, sluchaĭnykh replik, shutok, ssor, vospominaniĭ i molchanii͡a li͡udeĭ, s kotorymi avtor vstrechaetsi͡a kazhdui͡u nedeli͡u za bolʹshim rabochim stolom. Zdesʹ pochti net vymysla - tolʹko zhiznʹ, kak ona zvuchit na samom dele: smeshnai͡a, strashnai͡a, nelepai͡a, trogatelʹnai͡a i ochenʹ zhivai͡a. Geroi ėtikh istoriĭ - li͡udi ot semidesi͡ati do sta s lishnim let, perezhivshie voĭny, ėmigrat͡sii͡u, odinochestvo, li͡ubovʹ, poteri͡u pami͡ati i blizkikh. No dazhe v samye ti͡azhëlye minuty oni prodolzhai͡ut sporitʹ, shutitʹ, vli͡ubli͡atʹsi͡a, rugatʹsi͡a iz-za krasok i sprashivatʹ, kogda uzhe mozhno budet krasitʹ oleni͡a. 

Sasha Galitsky is an Israeli artist, woodcarver and author of the books "Mom, Don't Grieve!" and "Don't be Afraid!" For more than twenty years, he has been running woodcarving studios in nursing homes and social centers in Israel. This book grew out of conversations, casual remarks, jokes, quarrels, memories, and the silence of the people the author meets every week at a large desk. There is almost no fiction here — only life as it really sounds: funny, scary, ridiculous, touching and very lively. The heroes of these stories are people from seventy to over a hundred years old who have survived wars, emigration, loneliness, love, loss of memory and loved ones. But even in the most difficult moments, they continue to argue, joke, fall in love, swear over paints and ask when it will be possible to paint a deer.