"Stories are, of course, written to be read. But if a story can’t be told as a story, then it’s some other literature—call it what you want, and as for me, such writing slightly reeks of silicone…
That’s why it was so interesting for me to check my old texts—this audio recording—hoping, for mutual pleasure…"
- V. Sh.
Contents:
From the cycle “Me and Simenon”
Me and Simenon
Ars longa…
Flowers for Professor Pleysner
A Christmas tale
Euro-repair
Cultured people
The Power of Imagination
Prejudice
The life of Mason Tsiperovich
Mom (from the cycle “Monologues by the Barrier”)
Music in the air
From the book “Theater of Repeated Film”
Wind over the parade ground
The Rat Story
In a foreign city
Nothing but the truth
A fundamental scheme
Plums for a daughter
An event in line with the chief’s sector
Sixtieth anniversary
Description of the performance
From the cycle “Plasticine Time”
Plasticine Time
Puddle
Loop
Heavy burden
Eternal movement
Stepanov’s syndrome
Trin-trava