Эпоха дилетантов

"Ėpokha diletantov" - ėto sbornik satiricheskikh rasskazov o budni͡akh rossiĭskoĭ diaspory za rubezhom. V knige obygryvai͡utsi͡a kak predstaviteli diaspory, vybravshie dli͡a sebi͡a neblagodarnui͡u rolʹ agentov spet͡ssluzhb, tak i ikh sootechestvenniki, periodicheski vlipai͡ushchie v kurʹëznye situat͡sii za granit͡seĭ.Geroi͡am rasskazov dostatochno bystro predstoit ubeditʹsi͡a, chto vmesto geroicheskogo pafosa i osoboĭ romantiki "drevneĭsheĭ professii" oni okazyvai͡utsi͡a vovlechennymi v strannye i po bolʹsheĭ chasti bessmyslennye intrigi, bolʹshinstvo uchastnikov kotorykh presleduet iskli͡uchitelʹno svoi lichnye t͡seli.Khoti͡a vse geroi i sobytii͡a v rasskazakh polnostʹi͡u pridumany, a sovpadenii͡a sluchaĭny, v t͡selom oni otrazhai͡ut nekotorye i͡avlenii͡a, imei͡ushchie mesto v russkoi͡azychnykh diasporakh.

"The Age of Amateurs" is a collection of satirical stories about the everyday life of the Russian diaspora abroad. The book plays out both representatives of the diaspora, who have chosen for themselves the thankless role of special services agents, and their compatriots, who periodically get into curious situations abroad.The heroes of the stories will quickly have to make sure that instead of the heroic pathos and special romance of the "oldest profession", they find themselves involved in strange and mostly meaningless intrigues, most of the participants of which pursue exclusively their own personal goals.Although all the characters and events in the stories are completely invented, and the coincidences are random, in general they reflect some of the phenomena taking place in the Russian-speaking diasporas.