Томек среди охотников за человеческими головами (илл. В. Канивца)

Eshche nedavno Tomek presledoval khunkhuzov na granit͡se s Manʹchzhurieĭ i probiralsi͡a skvozʹ sibirskui͡u taĭgu, a teperʹ on gostit v Avstralii. Uznav o priezde i͡unoshi i ego druzeĭ v stranu, zoolog Karl Bentli, davniĭ znakomyĭ Vilʹmovskikh, priglashaet ikh v gosti, gde delaet puteshestvennikam vesʹma zamanchivoe predlozhenie - organizovatʹ ėkspedit͡sii͡u v glubinnye raĭony Novoĭ Gvinei s t͡selʹi͡u razdobytʹ neskolʹkikh raĭskikh ptit͡s. Obsudiv vozmozhnye slozhnosti ėtogo predprii͡atii͡a, kompanii͡a v obnovlennom sostave otpravli͡aetsi͡a v putʹ. Milai͡a serdt͡su Tomeka Salli, ne pozhelav otpustitʹ i͡unogo zverolova odnogo v stranu okhotnikov za golovami, tozhe prisoedini͡aetsi͡a k ėkspedit͡sii. V poiskakh raĭskikh ptit͡s puteshestvenniki vynuzhdeny ostanavlivatʹsi͡a vblizi mestnykh poseleniĭ. I esli odni tuzemt͡sy nastroeny vpolne druzheli͡ubno i pomogai͡ut putnikam v ikh dele, to drugie gotovy na li͡uboe kovarstvo, lishʹ by navsegda izbavitʹsi͡a ot inozemt͡sev…Na istorii͡akh o besstrashnom Tomeke Vilʹmovskom, vyshedshikh iz-pod pera polʹskogo pisateli͡a Alʹfreda Shkli͡arskogo, vyroslo ne odno pokolenie i͡unykh li͡ubiteleĭ knig. Pered vami shestoĭ roman iz ėtogo t͡sikla - "Tomek sredi okhotnikov za chelovecheskimi golovami", perevod kotorogo byl zanovo vyveren i dopolnen interesnymi i poznavatelʹnymi nauchno-populi͡arnymi spravkami. Zamechatelʹnye illi͡ustrat͡sii k knige sozdal khudozhnik Vladimir Kanivet͡s.

Not so long ago, Tomek pursued the Hunkhuz on the border with Manchuria and made his way through the Siberian taiga, and now he is visiting Australia. After learning about the arrival of the young man and his friends in the country, zoologist Carl Bentley, an old acquaintance of the Vilmovskys, invites them to visit, where he makes a very tempting offer to travelers — to organize an expedition to the interior of New Guinea in order to get some birds of paradise. After discussing the possible difficulties of this enterprise, the company sets off in an updated composition. Dear to Tomek's heart, Sally, unwilling to let the young hunter go alone to the country of bounty hunters, also joins the expedition. In search of birds of paradise, travelers are forced to stop near local settlements. And if some natives are quite friendly and help travelers in their business, then others are ready for any treachery, just to get rid of foreigners forever…More than one generation of young book lovers has grown up on the stories about the fearless Tomek Wilmowski, which came from the pen of the Polish writer Alfred Shklarsky. Here is the sixth novel from this cycle — "Tomek among the hunters of human heads", the translation of which has been re-verified and supplemented with interesting and informative popular science references. Wonderful illustrations for the book were created by the artist Vladimir Kanivets.