John Wayne Hurry Down The action of the novel unfolds in the fifties. A difficult conversation takes place between Charles Lumley and the landlady. She suspected that something was wrong, it was painful to spend time idly, apparently, does not work anywhere. Overtaken by surprise, the young man on the run composes a criminal story, … Read more
Shorty lived in one fantastic city. They were called short men because they were very small. Each short man was a small cucumber. “Babies and babies: Dunno, Znayka, Dr. Pilyulkin, mechanic Vintik and his assistant Shpuntyk, Sakharin Saharinich Syrupchik, hunter Pulka and dog Bulka, artist Tube, musician Guslya, Toropyzhka, Grumbler, Molchun, Donut, Rasteryayka, brothers Avoska … Read more
In this book, Thoreau describes his own life, the period when, for two years, he lived alone on the shore of the Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts, and shares his views on the meaning of being and on the most rational way of combining spiritual activity with providing the necessary material living conditions. The hut, … Read more
The name of the ancient Scandinavian hero – Frithiof consists of two parts: fridh – peace, peace and thjofr – a thief, that is, means “The thief of the world”. The main source of the poem is the Old Norse saga of Fridtjof Smel, which developed in the late 13th or early 14th century. It … Read more
Albert Camus Plague Roman is an eyewitness account of an epidemic of the plague that erupted in 194 … in Oran, a typical French prefecture on the Algerian coast. The narration is conducted on behalf of Dr. Bernard Rie, who led anti-plague activities in the contaminated city. The plague comes to this city, devoid of … Read more
The action takes place in the sixties, during the Cold War, when espionage was one of the main means of fighting between the two hostile political systems. The head of the British residency in East Berlin Alec Limas, after the death of one of his main agents, a member of the SED, Karl Rimek, retires … Read more
Kobo Abe Woman in the Sands One day in August a person goes on a three-day vacation to replenish his collection of insects with rare species found in the sands. He gets on the train to station S, transits to the bus and, getting off at the last stop, goes on foot. He passes the … Read more
Vladimir Tendryakov’s childhood passed in the bleak epoch of post-revolutionary Russia and Stalin’s repressions, all the horror of which remained in his memory a gloomy trace of childhood memories that formed the basis of the story “Bread for a Dog.” Perhaps, it was the effect of children’s impressions that helped the author to describe so … Read more
The abundant island of Sicily, the “horn of Bacchus, the garden of Pomona” is beautiful, its fertile fields are golden, like the white wool of sheep grazing on mountain slopes. But there is a horrifying place on it, “a shelter for a terrible night,” where there is always darkness. This is the cave of the … Read more
The story of Mikhail Sholokhov “The Fate of Man” tells about the life of a soldier of the Great Patriotic War, Andrei Sokolov. The raging war has taken from the man everything: family, home, faith in a bright future. The strong-willed character and firmness of spirit prevented Andrei from breaking down. Meeting with the orphaned … Read more