For several decades now, the books of the famous English writer Daphne Du Maurier (1907 - 1989) have enjoyed enormous success all over the world. The writer is a master of psychological portraits and fascinating, gripping plots, creating a mysterious, tense atmosphere in her works. The novel “The Flight of the Falcon” tells the story of the fate of two Donati brothers, who lost each other during the war. Their meeting, after many years of separation, in the small Italian town of Ruffino, the city of their childhood, entails a number of mysterious and tragic events... The collection also includes three stories, among them one of the most famous stories by Du Maurier, “The Birds” , which formed the basis of the film by the outstanding American director Alfred Hitchcock. Contents Flight of the Falcon (translator: Nikolai Tikhonov) Birds (translator: Azalia Staviskaya) For no apparent reason (translator: Natalia Rakhmanova) On the brink (translator: Maria Shereshevskaya)