VD Dudintsev Not by bread alone Working village in Siberia. The first post-war year. The teacher Nadezhda Sergeevna Drozdova, Nadia, a tall, young, beautiful woman with a constant sadness in gray eyes, hears from her husband about some half-crazy Lopatkin. This eccentric, you see, invented a machine for casting cast-iron pipes and tries to introduce … Read more
Isaac (Isaac, Isaac) Bashevis Singer (July 11, 1904, Leonchin, the Kingdom of Poland, the Russian Empire – July 24, 1991, Miami, Florida, USA) – American Jewish writer, lived and worked in New York, In New York. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1978. He wrote in Yiddish. He was born in 1904 in … Read more
“Prayer”, like many other works of ancient Russian literature, is devoid of narrative about events. The whole text is the appeal of Daniel the Exile to the prince, asking him for mercy. The main thing that Daniel is supposed to rely on in life is his own mind. “I have scant clothes, but I have … Read more
Chapter 1-4 Dad’s girlfriend Alisa, professor-cosmobiologist Seleznev, pondered what to give his daughter on his birthday. At that time, there was a videophone call-it was Gromozeka, a cosmic archaeologist of enormous growth with ten tentacles, eight eyes, a shell on his chest and three good hearts. He flew to Earth and asked to visit Seleznev. … Read more
One summer in 1952, a crew of eight went to a small regional center of Likharevka for military trials. Among them – Major General Siver, clever and erudite; Major Skvortsov, an officer appointed to be in charge of the flight, a dandy, a merry fellow and a favorite of women; designer Romnich, the only woman, … Read more
Friedrich Dürrenmatt was born on January 5, 1921 in Konolfingen, a village in the Swiss canton of Berne. His grandfather Ulrich Dürrenmatt was a conservative politician, Father Reinhold Dürrenmatt – a Protestant priest in the village. After 3 years Sister Vroni was born. In 1935, the family moved to Berne because of economic considerations. The … Read more
He was six feet tall, perhaps one or two inches smaller, of a strong build, and he walked straight at you, lowering his head and gazing stealthily from under his brow. He held himself as if he were stubbornly insisting on his rights, although there was nothing hostile about it, he seemed to take it … Read more
IVAN SUSANIN Opera in four acts with an epilogue New text by S. Gorodetsky Characters: Ivan Susanin, a farmer in the village of Domnino Antonida, his daughter Vanya, adopted son Susanin Bogdan Sobinin, the militiaman, the groom of Antonida Russian warrior The Polish messenger Sigismund, King of Poland Bass Soprano Contralto Tenor Bass Tenor Bass … Read more
Aristophanes of Frogs There were three famous writers of tragedies in Athens: the elder – Aeschylus, the middle one – Sophocles and the younger – Euripides. Aeschylus was mighty and majestic, Sophocles clear and harmonious, Euripides tense and paradoxical. Once having looked, the Athenian viewers could not forget how Fedra was tormented by his passion … Read more
“Two people, in Elizabethan costumes, spend their time in a place devoid of any characteristic features.” Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are playing toss; Guildenstern takes a coin from the purse, tosses it, and Rosencrantz, looking as she fell, pronounces an “eagle” and drops the coin into her purse. Guildenstern’s wallet is almost empty, Rosencrantz’s purse is … Read more