KEC Star

5 hrs. 59 min.

Classics

Language Russian

Author Alexander Belyaev

Narrator Miroslav Velesov

Description

Who would have thought that a trivial incident could determine my entire future life? At that time I was alone and rented a room in a house where researchers lived. One spring evening in Leningrad, I settled near an open window and watched the little trees in the square—already covered in a light-green young haze. The upper floors of the buildings glowed with pale golden sunset light, while the lower ones gradually sank into bluish twilight. In the distance, the Neva shimmered, and the spire of the Admiralty stood out clearly. Everything around was wonderfully good—except for one thing: there was no music. My lamp radio, of course, had broken down. A soft melody was barely seeping through from the neighboring apartment. I couldn’t help but envy my neighbors, and finally decided that Antonina Ivanovna, who lived next door, must be able to fix the radio without much trouble. Personally I wasn’t acquainted with her, but I knew she worked as an assistant in the Physics and Technology Institute. On the stairs, we exchanged polite bows all the time, and it seemed to me that this was enough to ask her for help…