THE FEMALE FISH (Deacon Vasily’s Story)

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 13
4. GLOSSARY 18
5. INTRODUCTION 21
6. ONCE UPON A TIME 43
7. THE INVOKER OF THE BEAST 65
8. GAMBRINUS 73
9. THE LITTLE DEVIL 100
10. THUS LIFE PASSES 131
11. FOUR PEOPLE 145
12. SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF THE WORKER PANTELEI GRYMZIN 152
13. BLACK IRIS 154
14. THE RED CROWN 158
15. BLACK MAGIC 165
16. THE FEMALE FISH (Deacon Vasily’s Story) 177
17. GEDALI 185
18. FAMILY MAN 193
19. OUTGOING PAPER NUMBER 27 200
20. THE GARDENER OF THE EMIR OF BUKHARA 209
21. THE VIPER (A Long Story about One Girl) 231
22. THE FLOOD 269
23. DOUBTING MAKAR 297
24. SIX STORIES FROM INCIDENTS 315
25. CLOUD, CASTLE, LAKE 320
26. THE SMOKY GLASS GOBLET 328
27. TANYA 333
28. THE TENANTS 351
29. EULOGY 365
30. THE HOUSE WITH A TURRET 380
31. “VICTORY” 405
32. HANDS 412
33. A GERMAN IN FELT BOOTS 417
34. MY UNCLE OF THE HIGHEST PRINCIPLES 430
35. CHUDIK 445
36. I BELIEVE! 455
37. BREAD FOR A DOG 466
38. YOU CRIED BITTERLY IN YOUR SLEEP 487
39. LITTLE ARM, LEG, CUCUMBER . . . 505
40. MY OLDER COUSIN 523
41. GIRL OF MY DREAMS 542
42. THE FAKIR 555
43. GALOSHES 576
44. SURREALISM IN A PROLETARIAN DISTRICT 585
45. PASSING THROUGH 604
46. THE YOUNG 611
47. BUTTERFLY. 1987 624
48. THE LAST WAR STORY 646
49. A BRIEF HISTORY OF PAINTBALL IN MOSCOW 676
50. THE QUEEN OF SPADES 694
51. MORE AND MORE ANGELS 723
52. THE SAMURAI’S DREAM 726
53. CURRENCY 728
54. SNOW FALLS EVER SO QUIETLY 737
55. TEACHERS WITHOUT PUPILS, or FROM UNDER THE RUBBLE 741
56. THE LORD OF THE STEPPES 751
57. NEVER 757
58. EXPERIENCE IN DEMONSTRATING MOURNING 766
59. THE DUMP 774