The book includes selected works from the author’s collections from 1971–1991. These deeply psychological narratives about human destinies are full of wisdom, subtle lyricism, the ability to look straight into the very core of the soul, and to grasp all the secrets of human character.
Contents:
From the collection “Listen, or the One Who Can”
The one who can listen
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
Black on White
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
A Letter to an Idol
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
A Love Story
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
Gray Silk
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
From the collection “The Toy Closet”
Memories of a New Country
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
The Main Role
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
The Child of Flowers
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
From the collection “A Trip with Little Luggage”
Correspondence
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
The Dacha-man
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
A Foreign City
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
A Woman Who Borrowed Memory
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
A Trip with Little Luggage
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
The Garden of Paradise
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
The Forest
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
Seagulls
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
The Conservatory
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
From the collection “Honest Play”
Vladislav
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
A Letter
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
From the collection “Letters to Clara”
On the Train
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
In the Summer Season
(translator: Nina Belyakova) Short story
Emmeline
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
A Trip to the Riviera
(translator: Ludmila Braude) Short story
“Let them meet with me in my books!..” Postscript