Julio Cortázar The game precedes the author’s instruction about the possible double reading of his work: one option is the sequential reading of fifty-six chapters forming the first two parts of the novel, disregarding the third, combining the “optional chapters”; another option is a whimsical order of movement according to the chapters in accordance with … Read more
“Thousand and One Nights” is a collection of fairy tales in Arabic, which became world famous thanks to the French translation of A. Gallan (incomplete, published from 1704 to 1717). The question of the origin and development of the “1001 Nights” has not been fully clarified to this day. Attempts to look for the ancestral … Read more
Spring flip-flops – a revolution in the minds of Dyushka – the main character of the narrative. Literally for one day the boy grew up and began to think about the meaning of life, about the transmigration of souls. The thirteen-year-old tried to solve the problem in mathematics, but she did not give in. At … Read more
Limp Bizkit is a rock band that energetically combines metal, punk, hip-hop in their music. The band met together in 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida, when vocalist Fred Durst joined Sam Rivers, Wes Borland, and also cousin Rivers – John Otto. Later, the team joined DJ Lethal. So the history of Limp Bizkit began. The first … Read more
Our life is a continuous work, for this is what the tradition says, which were created for many years, no, even centuries ago. These legends speak of the wisdom of people who have always been hardworking. And this hard work often saved their lives. Industriousness – such a concept in our modern time probably almost … Read more
The “seducer’s diary” is a part of the most famous book of the Danish philosopher and writer Seren Kierkegaard “Ili-Ili”, sometimes printed and separately, in the form of a novel. In the “Preface” to the book, her imaginary publisher Victor Eremita explains: the notes he publishes are found in the old office he bought on … Read more
Maxim Gorky Grandfather Arkhip and Lyonka While waiting for the ferry, the grandfather Arkhip and Lyonka lay in the shade from the shore cliff and looked at the waves of the Kuban River. Lyonka dozed off, and his grandfather, feeling a pain in his chest, could not fall asleep. Lyonka was small, fragile (he was … Read more
It seems to me that every person though, should seriously think about the environment in which he lives. A lot of people tried to figure this out. Various conferences have advanced their assumptions, but for me they are complex and incomprehensible. In search of an alternative, I came across an interesting material that made me … Read more
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is a famous Russian composer, conductor. One of the greatest composers of the world, the author of more than 80 pieces of music. Early years Born Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky April 25, 1840 in the city of Votkinsk in the large family of an engineer. The house of Tchaikovsky often sounded music. His … Read more
Sasha Sokolov Between a dog and a wolf In the summer from the invention of a pin, five hundred and forty-first, when the month is clear, and you can not keep track of the numbers, Ilya Petrikeevich Dzyzyrila writes to the investigator for special affairs Sidor Fomich the Elder about his life. He complains about … Read more