VP Astafyev The Shepherd and the Shepherdess On the desert steppe along the railway line, under the sky, in which the Ural mountain range emerges with heavy cloudy delirium, there is a woman. There are tears in her eyes, it becomes more difficult to breathe. At the dwarf kilometer pillar, she stops, moving her lips, … Read more
Kh. L. Borges The history of eternity The works included in the cycle “The history of eternity” are united primarily by the author’s interest, they are distinguished by their own characteristics, a certain cyclicality, the recurrence of events in time, isolation… One of the stories included in “The History of Eternity” , – “Approach to … Read more
Henry James Letters from Aspern Researcher creativity of the great poet Jeffrey Aspern comes to Venice to get acquainted with his former beloved Juliana Bordero, who lives with her unmarried niece Tina in a big house and does not communicate with anyone. Juliana has Aspern’s letters, which the hero of the story dreams of capturing, … Read more
Eugene Ionesco Chairs There are many invisible characters in the play and three real ones – the Old Man (95 years old), the Old Woman (94 years) and the Orator (45-50 years old). At the front of the stage there are two empty chairs, three doors and a window on the right, and three doors … Read more
All of us are accustomed with the tenderness to look at animals in zoos, to admire the tricks they perform in arena of circuses, to be photographed with them. But, if you understand, it turns out that we just forced these creatures to entertain us in every way, and only because we are smarter and … Read more
Twenty-second businessman of Russia by Forbes, the owner of the legendary football club “Spartak”, a charismatic leader and an outstanding reformer, both in business and in football. Leonid Arnoldovich Fedun built a dizzying career for an entrepreneur and vice-president of Lukoil, but everything could be completely different. Leonid Fedun was to become a military man … Read more
Thomas Cowperthwaite Eakins – American artist, photographer, sculptor, was born in Philadelphia, there he worked most of his life. Eakins is considered an advanced American portraitist, and also one of the best artists of the 19th century. In the biography of Eakins, education was obtained at the Academy of Fine Arts of Pennsylvania. He then … Read more
Sammy Sosa is a Dominican baseball player. He broke into the main league with the team “Texas Rangers”, then in 1989 he began to play for the “Chicago White Sox”. In 1992, in his biography Sammy Sosa again changed the team, becoming a play for the “Chicago Cubs”. In 2005, he played one season for … Read more
Georges Duroy, the son of the well-to-do peasants, the keepers of the vegetable marrow, is endowed with a happy appearance on the whim of nature. He is slender, tall, blond, he has a wonderful mustache… He really likes women, and he is in Paris. But he has three francs in his pocket, and his salary … Read more
There are truths that need not be proved particularly. One of these truths is that labor is the basis of a beautiful and joyful life. Indeed, only labor makes our life beautiful and meaningful. Rarely does man succeed in life without much difficulty. Such cases of the unit: a huge inheritance, winning the lottery, luck … Read more