70×84/16, hard cover, ill., 160 pp., 2007
ISBN 5-86793-508-6

Martin Doesn’t Cry is a fascinating book about a miniature, talking elephant called Martin and the unusual Smith-Thompson family. Its child heroes, Mark, Ida, Jeremy and Lou Smith-Thompson live all by themselves in the House with One Column. Their parents are scientists who work in India, in the mysterious Cloning Laboratory. One day, the parents send their children an extremely unusual parcel, containing a tiny elephant, no larger than a cat. Not only can the elephant talk, he can also sing Russian romances, play the bagpipes and ... fall in love. Martin falls madly in love with a little girl called Dina and asks her to marry him. Dina, of course, refuses, upon which Martin becomes her Amorous Knight and Battle Elephant. That’s when the miraculous events begin, which change Martin’s life forever.

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