“The Old Man” (1929) - maybe Fedino’s best story...” S. Borovikov “Banner” 2008, No. 6. “Fedin came across interesting materials from Chernyshevsky’s memoirs and his sketches. This gave rise to the idea of writing a story about the times of old Saratov. In 1930, such a story called “The Old Man” saw the light.” I. Yakovlev “Konstantin Fedin - a man and a ship.” “In my early childhood, I sometimes heard conversations about antiquity, and out of non-existence, out of complete emptiness, out of some dark, gaping “nothing” the present arose. How did this happen?” From the author’s preface. Wood engravings by N. Alekseev.