Istoschenie vremeni

Mirovuyu slavu Vladimiru Orlovu prines roman "Al'tist Danilov", voshedshiy v trilogiyu "Ostankinskie istorii". No izvestnost' v svoey strane prishla k Orlovu gorazdo ran'she: vmeste s vyhodom romana "Solenyy arbuz" v zhurnale "Yunost'" v 1963 godu. Etot roman vvel molodogo literatora v chislo naibolee chitaemyh pisateley "ottepeli". V osnovu "Solenogo arbuza" - knigi o molodyh lyudyah, pervoy lyubvi, nadezhdah i razocharovaniyah - leg opyt, priobretennyy Vladimirom Orlovym na stroykah zheleznodorozhnoy magistrali Abakan-Tayshet i Sayano-Shushenskoy GES, gde on rabotal kak korrespondent "Komsomol'skoy pravdy".