Любовное чтиво

Pavel Basinskiĭ, avtor bestsellerov o Lʹve Tolstom, napisal novui͡u knigu, opredeliv ee zhanr kak 'roman-feĭk'. Ėto roman-igra, parodii͡a, golovolomka, gde kazhdai͡a novai͡a glava oprovergaet predydushchui͡u. I v to zhe vremi͡a ėto iskusnai͡a psikhologicheskai͡a proza.Pisatelʹ Innokentiĭ Inozemt͡sev, gordet͡s i zhenofob, neozhidanno dli͡a sebi͡a prinimaetsi͡a za li͡ubovnyĭ roman. V ėto vremi͡a v ego zhizni proiskhodit nastoi͡ashchiĭ li͡ubovnyĭ roman s zaputannoĭ intrigoĭ...'Mezhdu volkom i sobakoĭ... Tak v narode govorili o predrassvetnykh sumerkakh. Ėto i estʹ to zybkoe sostoi͡anie dushi, kotoroe i͡a ispytyvai͡u seĭchas. Vtoroĭ raz v zhizni poteri͡al li͡ubi͡ashchui͡u meni͡a zhenshchinu. Obrel nenavidi͡ashchui͡u meni͡a dochʹ. Za odin vecher iz znamenitogo pisateli͡a prevratilsi͡a v polnoe nichtozhestvo. Da, i͡a vse vspomnil... Tolʹko... nuzhno li mne ėto?'

Pavel Basinsky, the best-selling author of Leo Tolstoy, has written a new book, defining its genre as a'fake novel'. This is a novel-game, a parody, a puzzle, where each new chapter refutes the previous one. And at the same time, it is an artful psychological prose.The writer Innokenty Inozemtsev, a proud and misogynist, unexpectedly takes up a love novel. At this time in his life there is a real love affair with a complicated intrigue...'Between a wolf and a dog... So the people said about the predawn twilight. This is the shaky state of mind that I am experiencing now. For the second time in my life, I lost a woman who loved me. I found a daughter who hates me. In one evening, he went from being a famous writer to a complete nonentity. Yes, I remember everything... Only... Do I need it?'