...In all the stories, the narration is told from a male perspective, which allows the female author to distance herself from the position of the narrator and makes “Sea Stories” something like the modern “Belkin’s Tales”. The stories produce a comic effect, and its very name, which refers to the book of the same name by Boris Zhitkov, immediately evokes an involuntary smile, but this is not at all another postmodern parody “Sea Stories-2”. Boris Zhitkov wrote for children about the harsh life of adults. In essence, both Pikul and Konetsky wrote about the same “harsh life of adults.” Marusya Klimova writes for adults, another thing is that her characters sometimes resemble children...CONTENTS• Monkey• Oddball• Security• Owner• Cynicism• Extreme cynicism• Marriage• Medical examination• Hog• New cook Different understanding of words and actions• Customs• Doctor• We stood then in the Leningrad port• Under the flag• Assembly• Cashier• Savages• On deck• Steamboat and man