The novel duology of the Scottish writer Archibald Cronin “Young Years” (1944) and “Shannon's Way” (1948) is largely autobiographical. The early death of his parents forces six-year-old Robert Shannon to seek shelter in the house of relatives, who begin to compete with each other for influence over the boy. The difficulties of growing up, conflicts with peers, first friendship and first betrayal, poverty, belonging to a Catholic religious minority and, as a result, sidelong glances from others - Robert will experience all this in his childhood and adolescence. However, purposeful and persistent, he finds the strength to remain faithful to his hobbies and ambitious dreams, break out of his small provincial world, realize his scientific calling and take his first steps in the profession. In the second novel of the dilogy, Robert, a young ambitious infectious disease doctor who has recently returned from the war, works at a research institute and is on the verge of a landmark discovery in the field of bacteriology, is faced with the envy of his colleagues and bureaucratic intrigues, and, unable to make compromises, loses place and is forced to become a practicing doctor, while continuing his research. He also has to pass the test of love for the beautiful and smart Jean Lowe, whose prosperous and prosperous future, planned in advance by her parents, after meeting Robert can no longer be the same...
Author: Archibald Cronin
Translation: Tatyana Kudryavtseva
Pages: 640 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 217x148x30 mm
Series: Foreign literature. Big books
