Semenov, Sergey
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I am already completely reconciled to the thought that papa has become close-fisted and harsh, and that he thinks only of himself, but today he gave me a great surprise. In the evening he brought from the factory-store about six pounds of bread. All day long Alexander had complained of hunger, but did not ask for anything to eat. He knew that everything was locked away. My heart aches, but I have nothing to give him. As soon as papa came, I said to him: “Oh, papa, how hungry we are!” At…- 5.5 K • Ongoing
- I was mistaken; yesterday morning papa had left on the table, not my morning portion, but my food for the whole day. Papa receives on his citizen’s card, as a workingman, one pound and a quarter of bread, and also some sort of “armored ration”, half a pound for each working day. I have no card as yet, and from this extra half-pound father doles out to me a little piece for the entire day. He says that he cannot give any more. He himself eats at the factory dining room. For the time being I dine at…
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- I love Petrograd! Through the car window one can already see the chimneys, the churches, and the roofs, roofs, roofs. And the vast, smoke laden sky stretches over it all. God, how my heart is beating! One minute more and I shall be there! I jumped out on the platform and was at once over-come. People are shouting, hustling, and running about. I have brought some food with me. I am taking it to my hungry papa, and it seems that, at the weighing-stations, every bit of food is being requisitioned. A large…
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- In his “Essays on Modern Russian Literature”, the Russian critic, Gorbachev, refers to the furor that this tale aroused in literary circles. He says: “This tale was deservedly translated into several foreign languages, and was repeatedly reprinted in Russia. Possessed of great talent as a realist, and of a profound knowledge of the life of the rank and file among the workers and government employees during the epoch of military communism, Semenov gave an uncannily truthful picture of the terrible…
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