V. Tokarev Day without lies Twenty-five-year Valentine, a high school teacher, wakes up one morning with a sense of happiness, because he dreamed of a rainbow. Valentine is late for work – he teaches French in high school. He thinks that lately he has become too often to lie, and understands: lying on trifles means … Read more
1 Spring 1624. The army of the Swedish king gathers soldiers to march on Poland. Feldwebel and the recruiter recognize only war as the founder of public order and civilization. Where there is no war, what kind of morality is there: everyone wanders wherever he wants, says what he wants, eats what he wants – … Read more
Castle of Count Almaviva. If you look into it, you will see that there are preparations for marriage. The valet is going to link his life with Susanna. It was the Countess’s maid. The count does not want the wedding to take place, because Susanna liked him very much. He decided to do everything possible … Read more
– And shoitka idleness z cholovikom not zrobyt? – As if justifying himself for all, said the guard, confidingly looking at Lida, and then thought and added already strictly-officially: – I can go out the gate to the bench. I was sitting on a bench near the gate of the shipment, staring at my feet. … Read more
Auguste Saint-Claire was not very pleased in the “big world”, and the reason for this was that he himself liked the one who liked him most. That’s why he always went to meet one, but he tried to avoid the other. Pride and pride were the chief of his qualities. Although, for the sake of … Read more
After long calculations and checks of records, Argan realized finally why his state of health had deteriorated so recently: as it turned out, this month he took eight types of medicines and did twelve washing injections, whereas last month there were twelve types of medicines and twenty clichés. This circumstance, he decided to invariably put … Read more
Mikhail Pryaslin came from Moscow, he visited Tatiana’s sister there. As in communism I visited. The dacha is two-story, the apartment has five rooms, a car… Arrived – and he began to wait for guests from the city, the brothers Peter and Gregory. I showed them my new house: polished sideboard, sofa, tulle curtains, carpet. … Read more
Iain Menzies Banks (Iain Menzies Banks) – writer, was born on February 16, 1954 in Scotland. Writes as “realistic” works (under the name Iain Banks), and sci-fi (under the name of Iain M. Banks). Banks’s science-fiction works are referred to as the space opera genre. They represent a cycle that takes place in a world … Read more
The courier Nikita placed a glass of tea before the chief accountant, Philip Stepanovich Prokhorov, but did not quit. He clearly wanted to talk. Newspapers were full of reports of embezzlement and embezzlement and a general raid in Moscow their escape from justice. Even in the house on Myasnitskaya, where their office is located, five … Read more
A friendly company for many years gathered on Fridays at Marisha and Serge. The master of the house, Serge, talent and general pride, computed the principle of the flight of flying saucers, he was invited to a special institute as a head of department, but he preferred the freedom of an ordinary junior researcher at … Read more