The story “It’s hard to be a god” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky was written in the last “thaw” year. This work clearly traces the radical nature of the writers’ work. The title of the story quickly attracted readers, and after reading it, the reader begins to think about many things directly related to the … Read more
Virginia Woolf Mrs. Dalloway The novel takes place in London, in the midst of the English aristocracy, in 1923, and takes only one day. Along with real events, the reader also gets to know the past of the heroes, thanks to the “stream of consciousness”. Clarissa Dalloway, a fifty-year-old socialite, the wife of Richard Dalloway, … Read more
Dashil Hemmet Maltese falcon In the reception of private detective Sam Spade appears a young and beautiful woman. She appears as Miss Wonderly and reports that she came to San Francisco after the sister who had fled with her lover. She wants to return her home, and tonight she will meet with a young man … Read more
Strange adventures have occurred with a young scientist named Christian-Theodore, who came to a small southern country to study history. He settled in a hotel, in a room where the storyteller Hans Christian Andersen lived before him. (Maybe this is the whole point?) Annunciate’s host daughter tells him about the extraordinary testament of the last … Read more
MOLIERE Imaginary patient After many counts 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, while last month there were as many as twelve types of medicines and twenty clichiers. This … Read more
Nedokoro Mitsuzaburo, waking up to dawn, again and again tries to gain a sense of hope, but in vain. He remembers his comrade, who stripped naked, painted his head with red paint and hanged himself. A year before his death, he interrupted his studies at Columbia University, returned to his homeland and was treated for … Read more
AA Block Intelligentsia and the revolution “Russia is dying”, “Russia is no more,” “the eternal memory of Russia” – I hear around me. But before me is Russia: the one that our great writers saw in awesome and prophetic dreams. Russia is a storm. Russia is destined to endure torment, humiliation, division; but it will … Read more
The work of Bradbury is multifaceted. The protagonist Douglas keeps a diary of the summer of 1928, which he spends in the environment of his friends, relatives and residents of the town of Greentown – a small, green and quiet place. The narrative is conducted on behalf of an adult who tries through childhood memories … Read more
The poet reflects on the reason for the disobedience of the first four people who violated the only ban of the Creator of all things and were expelled from Eden. Inspired by the Holy Spirit, the poet calls the cause of the fall of Adam and Eve: it is Satan who appeared to them in … Read more
In the Cold Synagogue Mazepovka is sung by the beautiful cantor Shmulik Yampolsky. Once in Mazepovka comes the world famous cantor, and Shmulik, for the first time having heard the singing of a professional, decides to teach the singing of his son Iosele, who has a beautiful treble. Ioselus can not stand studying in a … Read more