Parallel Life, or Time for Borrowing

 

Ariadna Sladkova is a prose writer, a member of the Moscow Writers' Union with more than twenty years of experience, and a candidate of technical sciences. Her collections of stories and novellas resonate widely with book lovers. Readers may remember... the author for such works as: "Correspondence of Fellow Travelers, or Virtual Fantasies," published by "Vagrius," "Mambo for Three," published by "New Time," "Unconventional Personalities," published by "Ripol Classic," and others. This is the writer's seventh collection. Her works have been published both in domestic journals and abroad. The writer has her own preferences. Many stories have been printed in the journals: "Youth" and "Literary Review." Ariadna Sladkova's prose is characterized by subtle psychological insight, remarkable lyricism, and originality. Speaking of the genres represented in this collection, the author's palette is quite diverse. It is psychological prose with elements of mysticism, where the fate of the country is closely intertwined with the destinies of individuals, it is prose filled with delicate lyricism and inimitable authorial irony. The author reflects on the logic and illogic of people's actions. She describes their fates in close connection with historical events, projecting their lives onto the present day, assessing the high cost of time that cannot be returned. The author also appears as a dramatist, concluding the collection with a concise play, allowing the reader to contemplate the line between good and evil, the fate of a drug addict, inserting lines from Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy" into the mouths of characters. The reader is left to enjoy and follow the plot's twists and turns.