The calm current of the working morning in laboratory No. 2 was violated by the sudden arrival of the chef of Corresponding Member AN Golitsyn. He made the dispatch to the employees, and then in a grumbling voice ordered that Sergei Krylov apply for the post of nachalab. There was silence. It was believed that … Read more
M. Bulgakov Dyavoliada The tale of how the twins killed the clerk While all the people were jumping from one service to another, Bartholomew Korotkov, a gentle, quiet blond was firmly serving in the Glavtsentrbaspispate (abbreviated as Spimat) as a clerk and served in it as a whole 11 months. On September 20, 1921, the … Read more
Thomas Mine Reed Quartononka, or Adventures in the Far West The action takes place in the 1850s. in the United States of America, when slavery prevailed in the South. The narration is from the first person. The hero – a young rich Englishman named Edward in search of romance comes to the US and stops … Read more
In the autumn of 1919 Andrey Startsov came from the city of Mordovia in Semidol to Petrograd. He was mobilized in the army and arrived at the duty station. But instead of the expected dispatch to the front, Andrei is left as a clerk at the headquarters. Soon Rita comes to see him – a … Read more
In the second century after our era, two people are sitting in the prison cell – Tullius Varro and Publius Marcellus. The prison is located in a huge steel tower, about a kilometer in height, and the chamber Publius and Tullia is located at about seven hundred meters. Tullius and Publius did not commit any … Read more
Ian Banks Coma Bridge We literally break into the stream of the hero’s consciousness, which conveys his sensations from the “weave” to the wreckage of the car. We understand that this man was in an accident and is on the verge of life and death. He himself realizes his “problem” and talks about it in … Read more
In the “smoke” of Turgenev Potugin said: “Venus Milo is undoubtedly the principles of the eighty-ninth year.” What does this word mean? In fact, everyone is on the same line: the principles, and Venus Milo, and I, the village teacher Tyapushkin. Yesterday I went to the provincial town and was depressed by the fact that … Read more
IA Bunin Sunstroke They met in the summer, on one of the Volga steamers. He is a lieutenant. She is a charming little, tanned woman (she said she is coming from Anapa). “… I’m completely drunk,” she laughed, “I was really crazy, three hours ago I did not even know you existed.” The lieutenant kissed … Read more
Rachel gets a summons, but does not want to go to court. Jack scolds her for not respecting the law, they quarrel. Jack feels that he and Rachel are different people, that they are far from each other. In April 1971, Jack accidentally meets Elina on the street and follows her, several times finding himself … Read more
In Leningrad there live sisters – Nadia and Lida Ryazayev. They early left without parents and grew up in an orphanage. Now Nadia works at a construction site and studies in a technical school. Lida is a schoolgirl. Having come home one day, Nadia finds Lida’s friend at the school of Cyril. They argue about … Read more