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Aleksandar Sharov (born Sher Nurenberg 1909—1984), a Soviet Russian language writer, author of popular science and SF books, and tales for children. His fantasy prose focused on the formation of the individual, combines lyricism with irony and the notes of suspense (The Dandelion Boy and the Three Keys, 1969; Peaman and Simpleton, 1973; The Star Shepherd and Ninotchka, 1976; The Red-haired Girl with a Green Bow, 1977). The negative characters of these tales are derived from folklore, but their interpretation reflects the typical realities of life under a totalitarian regimes: longing for unlimited power, treason, cowardice, physical and mental pressure, propaganda, suppression of freedom of thought and creativity.
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