Аннотация: The Short Story about The Scarlet Sails of the honest architect
The Short Story about The Scarlet Sails of the honest architect
The honest architect left office with news that he isn't necessary to this firm any more.
His fate was difficult. And who is now easy? Can you name a honest man? Name an honest man who has become really rich? Anyway, here in these edges?
Here and it turns out. Honesty, plus experience. With experience is appearing and qualification. And in addition to all this more likely not welfare, and - debts. At least, here, in these edges.
To the architect it became bad. He has sat down on a bench under a tree.
"Yes, I wrote the article. But why am I being accused of extortion? I do not demand anything and in the article I do not put forward any claims..." "with "turbidity" is familiar to any person who had to deal with an independent construction and a contract relations." "In a contract of everything you cann't to foresee, plan. And to stop process of construction or it is difficult, or it is impossible ..." "And fears for lives of people is an insufficient motive for writing of the article in the ordinary provincial newspaper of local scale?"
"Well, I'm not the only one in this strange situation. And the editor, the former editor of the newspaper? She feel herself better? Some kind of humiliating dismissal ... It seems, - forced purchase of circulation of the newspaper with the article ... Compulsory and humiliating - unprecedented! - buying up for own money ...."
"And the newspaper owner? He's probably not a bad person. And although he is in a shadows, he is also in an unenviable, a humiliated position."
We all? To all of us have spat in a face. Well, that's figuratively speaking. Figuratively being expressed ... That is, we not really don't notice ...
The architect sat on a bench. From some cafe song sounds rushed: "In the land of magnolias splashes the sea".
It's not easy being an architect. The legend of one of architects was remembered. He built church. This church was a special design, it seems, - without windows. Some big difficulties were with construction of this church. And the legendary architect has concluded the agreement on the help with a certain force. This agreement was favorable to the architect, who had an opportunity to complete construction of church, relying on the help of Certain Force. And it was favorable to That Force to see church of completed and to enjoy own celebration. Nobody will visit church without windows. She will stand empty. The Certain Force will watch on empty church, to enjoy and triumph. It, maybe, is even more pleasant, than to receive a somebody's human soul in property.
The legendary architect completed the Church. Time stopped and went again. In Church candles were lit and a Church actions, services began.
That Force was in enormous irritation. In rage she flew through the Church and has left a mark from the leg there.
With such a unique trace, the Church has become not just a Church, but a kind of unique structure. The legendary architect entered the history of religion and the history of architecture.
So it turned out that evil, anger and hatred began to work for the Divine Plan.
And tourists, regardless of their faith, specially come from all over the world to look at the footprint of The Certain Force left on the stone floor of the Church.
The dismissed architect has sighed. That, first, Western Europe. Secondly, where - a legend, and where - a truth? Who can precisely tell?
"Isn't my case a legend?" "All this chain of events, which involved independent, normal, with a sense of dignity, education, professional experience people? Which were spun, twirled as...'
Suddenly the wind next to the architect twirled the air and lifted up the fallen autumn leaves.
"In the land of magnolias splashes the sea..."
From the air circulation, lifted by wind, a sheet of paper has fallen on knees of the architect.
"Printout!"
The architect read :"In 1927, Private publisher L. V. Wolfson began publishing a 15-volume collection of works by Grin [Grinevsky? Grinevetsky?] but only 8 volumes came out, after which Wolfson was arrested by the GPU.
The NEP came to an end. The Grin's attempts to insist on the execution of the contract with the publishing house led only to huge legal costs and ruin...
The apartment in Feodosia had to sell. In 1930, Grinevsky moved to the city of Old Crimea, where life was cheaper... Both Grin and Nina were desperately hungry and often sick. Grin tried to hunt the surrounding birds with a bow and arrow, but unsuccessfully."
"Yes! Grin! Grin!"
It became easier.
"In the land of magnolias splashes the sea..."
The architect stood up and looked towards the sea.
The Scarlet Sails were approaching the shore.
"Action happens somewhere in the West, heroes carry international surnames that quite often deceives a readers, taking Grin as a foreign writer. Subject of Grin who has begun to write to a symbolism era, always same: subconscious, irrational in a person, collision of a dream and fantasy with reality, and an obedience of reality to a dream. Not bad stylist, the master of a literary plot, Grin with success competes in the market with a translated novels".
The architect has sighed fresh air.
October 7, 2018 23:04
Translation from Russian into English: October 8, 2018 00:39.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Рассказ об Алых Парусах честного архитектора'.