Not Life, but a Fairy Tale

9 hrs. 45 min.

Language Russian

Author Alyona Doletskaya

Narrator Alyona Doletskaya

Description

What can the first editor-in-chief of Russian Vogue and Russian Interview, a legendary Moscow beauty and femme fatale, tell us about? About how she chose perfume and a white grand piano? About how princes sang serenades and gave presents? The daughter of the famous surgeon S. Ya. Doletsky, granddaughter of the first director of TASS Ya. G. Doletsky, was and remains a person who treats life with deep irony and piercing sincerity. Stars and modest people, bosom friends and sworn girlfriends, geniuses and villains, real men and weaklings, historical figures and windbags — all of them are heroes of the new book by Alyona Doletskaya, who has decided on candid intimacy with her readers.

The book is read by the Author herself in a “live sound” atmosphere, allowing one to fully appreciate the charm of a first-hand story with elements of improvisation..

Contents:

00_01 Explanatory Note
01 Fiery Cocktail
02 Signature Stitch
03 Three Questions for Mother
04 Cloud
05 The End of Innocence
06 Robot Horse
07 First
08 Uncle Yura, the Sun King
09 Curly and with an Ass
10 Brawler
11 A Mark on the Tongue
12 Almost Murder on New Arbat
13 We Got Overheated
14 Dead Loop
15 The Russians Are Coming
16 With a Crystal Ball
17 Gave It to Them Good
18 Lord Sai
19 Model Girl
20 Anatomy of Resentment
21 Tough Meeting
22 White and Black
23 In the Smoking Room with a Stranger
24 Brief Encounters
25 Ah, Boss
26 Woman in the Tower
27 Our Bright Falcons
28 Please Take This Away
29 The Sixteenth Day
30 Finally Got It
31 Took Off
32 Clementine’s Trick
33 Bad Boys
34 The Man Ahead
35 Mouse. Dill. Agreement
36 Are You His or Is He Yours
37 King Ray
38 Noodles Not Korean
39 Buongiorno, gamardzhoba
40 Bitch on Call
41 Girl’s Little Outfits
42 Pure Sex
43 Pleats and Gauffre
44 Drop of Wax