The system of endings of short stories and the image of the world in «The last bow» by V. P. Astafiev

The system of endings of «the narrative-in-short-stories» in «The Last Bow» by V. P. Astafiev is discussed in the article. The main problem of the work is determination of the role of endings in the formation of the world image in the cycle «The Last Bow». As the result of analysis it was found that the system of endings has a precise composition, which determines the dynamics of the world image in «The Last Bow»: the shaken world - the world of chaos - the world of revival.