My University (Ducool Fine Proofreaded and Translated Edition)

In this book, the 16-year-old hero Alexey leaves his old grandma and comes to Kazan on bank of the Volga River. His heart is filled with the hope of going to college firstly. But the hard life makes all hope go and he must work for surviving. So the slum of Kazan, mean streets and wharves become his "social university" of his life. His thoughts, knowledge and social experience greatly increase during the four years.