The Golden Chain. The Strait of Storms
7 hrs. 6 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexander Grin
Author
Alexander Grin
Narrator
Arkady Bukhmin
Narrator
Alexander Semyonov
Description
Alexander Grin is one of the brightest Russian writers, who considered himself a Symbolist. He lived a difficult, full of struggle and torment life—something reflected in his work and crystallized into an unusual, elevated, beautiful and romantic style.
“The Golden Chain” is one of Grin’s most striking works.
“… Someone left mysterious words at the very bottom: ‘What do we know about ourselves?’
I reread these words with sadness. I was sixteen, but I already knew how painful a bee’s sting—Grief—can be. The inscription especially tormented me because not long ago the boys from ‘Melusine,’ having given me a special cocktail, ruined the skin on my right hand by stabbing a tattoo with three words: ‘I know everything.’ They mocked me for reading books—I read many books and could answer questions that would never have occurred to them.”
— Oh, well, Xavier! What can we expect today and in general?
— This is what they call asking properly! Galway burst out laughing.
The automaton nodded its head, opened its mouth, smacked its lips—and I heard a sharp answer, like the squeak of a window shutter: “Am I a soothsayer? All of you will die; and you, the one who is asking me, will die first.”
“The Golden Chain” is one of Grin’s most striking works.
“… Someone left mysterious words at the very bottom: ‘What do we know about ourselves?’
I reread these words with sadness. I was sixteen, but I already knew how painful a bee’s sting—Grief—can be. The inscription especially tormented me because not long ago the boys from ‘Melusine,’ having given me a special cocktail, ruined the skin on my right hand by stabbing a tattoo with three words: ‘I know everything.’ They mocked me for reading books—I read many books and could answer questions that would never have occurred to them.”
— Oh, well, Xavier! What can we expect today and in general?
— This is what they call asking properly! Galway burst out laughing.
The automaton nodded its head, opened its mouth, smacked its lips—and I heard a sharp answer, like the squeak of a window shutter: “Am I a soothsayer? All of you will die; and you, the one who is asking me, will die first.”
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