Plaut Prisoners “This is an unusual comedy,” warns the actor, who pronounces the prologue, “there are no obscenities, no pimp, no whore, no boastful warrior, no foundling, no lover, abducting a lover, but only a game of destiny, a vanity of human intentions and nobility of perfect valor “. There were two neighboring regions in … Read more
Officer Zhilin served in the Caucasus. He received a letter from his mother and decided to go on vacation home. But along the way, and another Russian officer, Kostylin was captured by the Tatars. The Tatar, who captured Russian officers, sold them to another Tatar. They were held in shackles in one barn. The Tatars … Read more
Love is the brightest, highest feeling that a person is capable of. But the first phrase that the hero says about himself – he “thievishly” came to Moscow – is alarming: a truly loving person can not do this. Willy-nilly, you doubt the purity of this relationship. It turns out that his mistress is married: … Read more
The action takes place in the early 20-ies. in a large Siberian provincial town. Two seventeen-year-old working guys, Egorov and Zaitsev, on a Komsomol voucher directed to work in the criminal investigation department, undergo probation for a month. They both receive invitations to an evening dedicated to the anniversary of the October Revolution. Sister Egorova … Read more
LN Andreev Red laughter “… madness and horror. The first time I felt it when we were walking along the Ensk road – we walked ten hours continuously, without slowing down the course, not picking up the fallen and leaving them to the enemy who was moving behind us and through three or four hours, … Read more
Gentlemen of Tashkent. Pictures of morals. The whole book is built on the boundary of the analytical, grotesque essay and satirical narrative. So what kind of creature is this – a Tashkenter – and what does she crave? She longs for only one thing: “To eat!”. Whatever it was, at the cost of anything. And … Read more
You probably remember this year: the Church of Christ the Savior was broken. For the layman it was more terrible than the October coup. Then, before the beginning of the novel, the author conceived to write comments, but at that time he had a big boy named Vyacheslav… Excuse me, can I start on the … Read more
AM Remizov Inexhaustible tambourine An outlandish man Ivan Semenovich Stratilatov. Young began his judicial service in a long, low, smoky office of the criminal department. And now forty years have passed, and many secretaries have since been replaced, and he is sitting at a large table by the window, wearing smoky glasses, baldness all over … Read more
VO Pelevin Generation P “You, Vavan, do not look for symbolic meanings in all, but you will find it.” – With these words Fareykin refers to the main character of the book Tatarsky. Or, most likely, this author turns to the critic, anticipating the exposure of the idea. And I did not heed the warning, … Read more
Franz Kafka Process The essence of the event is dispassionately stated in the first sentence of the work. Waking up on the day of his thirtieth birthday, Josef K. discovers that he is under arrest. Instead of a maid with a familiar breakfast, an unknown gentleman in black enters into his call. In the next … Read more