The Case of the Engineer's City
18 hrs. 21 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vladislav Otroshenko
Author
Vladislav Otroshenko
Narrator
Kirill Petrov
Narrator
Kirill Petrov
Description
Selected prose and essays by Vladislav Otroshenko, compiled together for the first time, present the reader with one of the brightest Russian writers of the early 21st century. History and the present meet at the author’s will across spaces from the Azov Sea to the Adriatic; his distinctive style, drawing on Gogol’s lyricism, the sharp wit of the Cossacks, and the elegance of modern European short fiction, opens new paths for contemporary prose.
Contents: The Estate of Great-Grandfather Grisha. A tale of ten novellas and an epilogue: Scoundrels, the damned. The Fool. Treasures. Music. Vision. Happiness. Theft. Kikimora. The other world. The Song of the Prospector. Epilogue. Novocherkassk. A tale in stories: Bad Toad. Like the Latvian. Varenyk of Happiness. Maya. Pechenegs. Planetarium. The Eighth Steamer. There. Chervа. Prophecy. A person outside credibility. A cycle of tales: Farewell to the Archivist. A brief investigation of Kuteynikov’s publishing activities. Why the great tamburmajor hated travel. A public lecture read in the winter capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan during monsoon rains. Secrets of the “zhalonёr” art, or The Unmasking of Dr. Kazin. In the tracks of the palace timpani player. A researcher’s report. The case of the engineering city. Appendix to the photo album. A novel: Part I. Africa. Part II. Symvóls. Part III. Cupboard. Part IV. Golden Pine. Part V. Times. Epilogue. Stories: From the life of a simpleton and his companion. The Guest. The Old Woman. Tamara. Essays: A Secret History of Works. The book of essay-novellas. The last metamorphosis of Ovid. The madness of the world will. The feat of Catullus. A meeting in Tambov. The last illumination of Pushkin. A kind prince. Resurrection in a hotel. The murmuring of the guard. The Florentine Sibyl. The metamorphosis of a cavalry officer. The Dance of Death. “Stop everything.” The Path to Deciphering. A book for comments on the violin. Dreams and angels of Tyutchev. The first angel and the last hand. German Athens. “The Madonna of Mephistopheles.” Shadows and ghosts. The fall of an empire. The exit of an angel. Disagreements between Matthew and Luke. Two necklaces. Kretschinski against Vishnu. An Apology for Unmotivated Deception. The writer and space[40]. The phenomenon of state space of Russia. The Russian writer and space. The phenomenon of inner space. The Brenta affair. L’ombra di Venezia. Lessons from this and that world[43] Gogoliada: Gogol and a passport. Gogol and Paradise. Gogol and elementary particles. Gogol and Hell. Gogol and air. Gogol and the ghost of the point.
Contents: The Estate of Great-Grandfather Grisha. A tale of ten novellas and an epilogue: Scoundrels, the damned. The Fool. Treasures. Music. Vision. Happiness. Theft. Kikimora. The other world. The Song of the Prospector. Epilogue. Novocherkassk. A tale in stories: Bad Toad. Like the Latvian. Varenyk of Happiness. Maya. Pechenegs. Planetarium. The Eighth Steamer. There. Chervа. Prophecy. A person outside credibility. A cycle of tales: Farewell to the Archivist. A brief investigation of Kuteynikov’s publishing activities. Why the great tamburmajor hated travel. A public lecture read in the winter capital of the Kingdom of Bhutan during monsoon rains. Secrets of the “zhalonёr” art, or The Unmasking of Dr. Kazin. In the tracks of the palace timpani player. A researcher’s report. The case of the engineering city. Appendix to the photo album. A novel: Part I. Africa. Part II. Symvóls. Part III. Cupboard. Part IV. Golden Pine. Part V. Times. Epilogue. Stories: From the life of a simpleton and his companion. The Guest. The Old Woman. Tamara. Essays: A Secret History of Works. The book of essay-novellas. The last metamorphosis of Ovid. The madness of the world will. The feat of Catullus. A meeting in Tambov. The last illumination of Pushkin. A kind prince. Resurrection in a hotel. The murmuring of the guard. The Florentine Sibyl. The metamorphosis of a cavalry officer. The Dance of Death. “Stop everything.” The Path to Deciphering. A book for comments on the violin. Dreams and angels of Tyutchev. The first angel and the last hand. German Athens. “The Madonna of Mephistopheles.” Shadows and ghosts. The fall of an empire. The exit of an angel. Disagreements between Matthew and Luke. Two necklaces. Kretschinski against Vishnu. An Apology for Unmotivated Deception. The writer and space[40]. The phenomenon of state space of Russia. The Russian writer and space. The phenomenon of inner space. The Brenta affair. L’ombra di Venezia. Lessons from this and that world[43] Gogoliada: Gogol and a passport. Gogol and Paradise. Gogol and elementary particles. Gogol and Hell. Gogol and air. Gogol and the ghost of the point.
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