Child's prose

On a clear April day, ninth-grader Klyuev is rushing to school! And... suddenly he sees that the “Time Machine” is lying on the asphalt. He, of course, picks...

The village girl Sasha went to work on a collective farm after completing her seventh year. Got a room. For her good behavior, she was assigned a lecturer fr...

"... - A person doesn’t understand how disgusting you are, sister Life! Simply because you instilled in Him the fear of death. However, I am tender and sweet...

If by chance, due to someone’s oversight or some misunderstanding, Alexander Morozov’s story had appeared in print exactly when it was written, it would undo...

I looked at the baby and was surprised at the similarity of our outlines, the only difference was in age. Then again a bright flash, and here I am standing i...

Stories from the magazine “Foreign Literature” No. 09/1995

Story from the magazine “Foreign Literature” No. 09/1995

From the magazine “Foreign Literature” No. 09/1995

The collection of prose texts “The Voice Imitator” (1978) stands apart in the literary heritage of T. Bernhard. When it appeared, the book was perceived as s...

The novel “The Lost” (Der Untergeher, 1983; the title is difficult to translate into Russian: “Doomed”, “Descent”, “To the Bottom”) is one of Bernhard’s most...