BL Pasternak Childhood Lewers Zhenya Lewers was born and grew up in Perm. In the summer they lived on the banks of the Kama River at the dacha. One day, waking up in the middle of the night, Zhenya was frightened by the lights and sounds on the other side of the river and burst … Read more
The action takes place in post-war Italy, in a small Sicilian town. Apothecary Manno receives an anonymous letter, where he is threatened with death, without going into an explanation of the reasons. Friends of the pharmacist – Don Luigi Corvaya, Pecorilla’s notary, Laurent’s teacher, Rosello’s lawyer, Dr. Rosho – consider the anonymous letter an evil … Read more
Researcher creativity of the great poet Jeffrey Aspern comes to Venice to get acquainted with his former beloved Juliana Bordero, who lives with her unmarried niece Tina in a big house and does not communicate with anyone. Juliana has Aspern’s letters, which the hero of the story dreams of capturing, but she hides them from … Read more
Part one Zarathustra returns to people after ten years of loneliness in the mountains to bring the message of the Superman. Descending from the mountains, he meets a hermit who speaks of love for God. Continuing the path, Zarathustra is perplexed: “Is this possible?” This holy elder in his forest has not yet heard that … Read more
Nicholas Irtenev has already turned 15 years old. He disdains to go to university, stubbornly prepares for exams, and at the same time tries to achieve spiritual perfection – specially for this he starts a notebook “Rules of life.” On Holy Week, a monk comes to them in the house, to whom Nikolai confesses. But … Read more
Alfredo Trance, the only representative of Hephaeston in Europe, drives through a small village and thinks about how he will work off his business partner, who wants to draw from him an extra five percent. His car, a brand new Studebaker, stalls near the car repair shop. He leaves the car to the mechanic to … Read more
Achieving the favors of Loreta, the young wife of the castle’s ruler, old Valentine, Francia, having entered the castle in the guise of a pilgrim, plays a cruel joke with Valentine. That night, thanks to Francion, incredible events take place in the castle: Loreta has a good time with the thief, taking him for Francia, … Read more
A young Frenchman, medical student Ferdinand Bardamu, is enlisted under the influence of propaganda as a volunteer in the army. For him, life begins, full of hardship, horror and exhausting transitions in Flanders, on the territory of which the French troops take part in the First World War. Once Bardam sent to the intelligence service. … Read more
Sergei Dovlatov Was born on September 3, 1941 in Ufa, in the family of the theater director, a Jew by birth Donat Isaakovich Metchik (1909-1995) and a literary proof-reader, Armenian by nationality Nora Sergeevna Dovlatova (1908-1999). Since 1944 he lived in Leningrad. In 1959 he entered the department of the Finnish language of the philological … Read more
On the edge of the steppe, in the evening of January 1930, Gremyachy Log riding was driven into the farm. The passers-by asked the way to the kook of Yakov Lukich Ostrovnov. The owner, having recognized the visitor, looked around and whispered: “Your Honor, Otkel you? .. Mister esaul…” It was the former commander of … Read more