Knut Hamsun The Hunger The novel, written in the first person, is partly autobiographical, it resurrects the events of 1886 in Christiania (the present Oslo) when Hamsun was on the verge of starving to death. The narrator huddles in a pathetic little room in the attic, he is constantly tormented by the throes of hunger. … Read more
The title of the novel echoes the name of the famous treatise of the French philosopher of the 17th century. Rene Descartes “The Discourse on the Method.” Carpentier, as it were, carries out a reverse interpretation of Descartes’ concept, carrying out the idea of the incompatibility of Latin American reality with rational logic, common sense. … Read more
In a certain kingdom, in a certain state the king lived and had three sons. Younger was called Ivan Tsarevich. One day the king called the children and said that it was time for them to find brides. The father ordered everyone to take the arrow and let them go in different directions. Where the … Read more
Little girl Nadia fell ill, according to Dr. Mikhail Petrovich, “indifference to life.” The only way to cure is to cheer. But the girl does not want anything. Once she asked for an elephant. Half an hour later, my father brought her an “expensive beautiful toy” – a gray elephant, who waved his tail and … Read more
SEEDS KOTCO Opera in five acts (seven scenes) Libretto by V. Kataev and S. Prokofiev Characters: Semyon Kotko, demobilized soldier Mother Seeds Frosya, Sister Seeds Remenyuk, chairman of the village council and commander Partisan detachment Tkachenko, a former sergeant-major Khivrya, his wife Sofya, the daughter of Tkachenko Tsarev the sailor Lyubka, the bride of Tsarev … Read more
LOVE FOR THE THREE ORANGE Opera in four acts (ten scenes) with a prologue Libretto by S. Prokofiev (by K. Gozzi) Characters: King Tref Prince, his son Princess Clarice Leander, First Minister Truffaldino, a man who can laugh Pantaloon, close to the king Mage Celius, protects the king Fata Morgana, patronizes Leandro Bass Tenor Contralto … Read more
In the difficult years of the fall of the Western Roman Empire, under the blows of the barbarians, some Christian writers, strangely enough, regarded the barbarians’ celebration as a progress for history. The pagans, who were then many, saw in these terrible invasions of barbarians on civilization punishment for the refusal of the ancient cult … Read more
Henry Mann Young years of King Henry IV Part I. The Pyrenees of the Boy called Henry. The mother instructed Henry to take care of the relative and the educator, so that the son would grow up, as the children grow up among the people. He lived in the castle of Coarraz, and the area … Read more
Not nowadays, but for a long time old Taketori lived, wandered through the mountains and dales, chopped bamboo and made baskets and cages from them. And called him Taketori – the one who chops the bamboo. One day old Taketori went into the very depths of the bamboo thicket and saw: the radiance was pouring … Read more
On December 24, 1949, at five o’clock in the evening, state counselor of the second rank, Innokentiy Volodin, almost ran away from the stairs of the Foreign Ministry, jumped out into the street, took a taxi, raced through central Moscow streets, went out on the Arbat Street, went to the telephone booth at the Khudozhestvenny … Read more