The window in the ceiling merged with the night. It is not clear whether there is a window or not. But a distant, slightly orange star was shining directly o...

This is a collection of light short prose from the famous Russian writer Victoria Tokareva. The book includes the autobiographical story “And life, and tears...

Almost every person has a main love in their life and several non-main ones. Non-essential ones are forgotten. And the main thing remains, but not in sensory...

“The train has started. My first love was dumbfounded as she followed the running carriages with her eyes. I demonstrated complete indifference, inattention ...

Nadya liked to tease Ksenia: what has she earned in her entire life? But the meaning of her life is beyond the material. Ksenia moved her fingers, was carrie...

“- Thank you. “You are very kind,” Marina said dryly, in order to mislead the teachers. Let them think that she is talking about business. But isn’t love wha...

“...It’s nice to make something clean out of dirty things, light things out of dark things, and a fragrant dinner out of a dumb handful of food. Everyone sit...

How to appreciate dubious male fidelity? How to survive the ruthless female terror with love? How to catch the mysterious bird of happiness and win a pig vic...

“You can’t experience love. Only airplanes can be tested. They are made of iron." This undeniable truth - a quote from the new story "Spite", which became th...

Tales and stories by Victoria Tokareva...Tender, sad, lyrical, full of psychologism pictures of our time. Stories of loneliness and misunderstanding, emotion...

“Sometimes I think: what makes up my happiness? Children, profession, home... It is difficult to single out what is more important. Sometimes it seems that p...

Attention! The file is not scanned, but collected from electronic publications! There is no preface. The works included in this collection are united by the ...