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Пора, мой друг, пора! покоя сердце просит— Летят за днями дни, и каждый час уносит Частичку бытия, а мы с тобой вдвоем Предполагаем жить, и глядь—как раз умрем. На свете счастья нет, но есть покой и воля. Давно завидная мечтается мне доля— Давно, усталый раб, замыслил я побег В обитель дальную трудов и чистых нег. It’s time, my friend, it’s time! my heart begs for peace— Days fly past, and each hour carries off Another fragment of our life, but together we Make our plans for life, and lo—in our time we die. In the world there is no happiness, but there is peace and free will. Long have I dreamed of that enviable fate— Long have I, a weary slave, schemed to flee To a distant abode of labor and pure delight. Alexander Pushkin
Contents Instead of an Introduction
7
LYUDMILA ULITSKAYA
Joan
13
ANDREI GELASIMOV
A Short History of Amateur Performing Arts Groups on the Ships of the Caribbean Pirate Fleet in the First Half of the 17th Century
33
BORIS GREBENSHCHIKOV
Serenity
37
YEVGENY GRISHKOVETS
Shelter
49
ALEXANDER KABAKOV
Earplugs
65
ALEXANDER KHURGIN
All Alone
81
EDUARD LIMONOV
Oedipus Complex
97
DMITRY LIPSKEROV
The Heart of a Snark SERGEI LUKYANENKO
123
145
The One-Day War VLADIMIR MAKANIN
169
Trash Can for the Diamond Sutra MARINA MOSKVINA
179
Ontology of Childhood VIKTOR PELEVIN
191
Joe Juan LUDMILA PETRUSHEVSKAYA
201
Grandmother, Wasps, Watermelon ZAHAR PRILEPIN
209
Fog DINA RUBINA
251
Anyway DUNYA SMIRNOVA
255
Black Horse With A White Eye VLADIMIR SOROKIN
269
The Novel VLADIMIR VOINOVICH
273
Rehabilitating d’Anthès VIKTOR YEROFEYEV
287
The Storm LEONID YUZEFOVICH
323
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