Modern prose

Published in the magazine “New World” 1995, No. 11

If the person you've been jealous of since school has achieved even more, it's not very nice, right? It will be somewhat awkward to meet him on the street an...

At the end of winter, news came from the village: a neighbor, Aunt Frosya, had died. And the author remembered what she was like...

The author’s friends, reading his stories, recall vivid incidents from his life and tell him: “You haven’t written about this. But I should write. Don't you ...

“The Ungrateful Stranger” is one of those books where events are not primary. It is important for the author to show how someone who is shown daily and hourl...

He falls in love with a girl who reciprocates his feelings, but fate is evil. The hero remembers his main love and all the moments they spent together. He mi...

An elderly shepherd was forced to fatten a herd of half-dead bulls. But even such a pitiful animal is stolen by attackers, and you need fortitude, reliable h...

“We installed the net, returned home and did not go to bed for a long time, having dinner with conversations and news, as happens when we meet.”

The collection of poems “Islands of Memories” will tell you about the stages of my growing up, which was expressed in poems. First love and first disappointm...

A story from the magazine “Foreign Literature” No. 5, 2011

Do we think about who lives next to us? And how does he live and what? More likely no than yes. After all, behind the everyday bustle and daily affairs, we s...

“Fingers for Caroline” is the story of three brothers born to a Jewish father from women of different nationalities: an Indian (brother Shiva), a Chinese (Ma...