A Bold Woman Before Forty

Denis Dragunsky is a writer and journalist, the author of the books "The Prose Factory", "The Deceivers", "The Neighbor Girl", "Cousin Life", "The Real Life of Denis Korablyov" and many others. Witty novellas and literary fantasies, an unwritten story by O. Henry and fictional memories of a semi-literate church warden from Yasnaya Polyana, secrets of screenwriting mastery — and a piercing memoir about Gleb Pavlovsky... Denis Dragunsky's new prose book amazes with a variety of genres and ideas, one thing remains unchanged — the author's signature style, irony, and pleasure from reading. "Then he went to the kitchen to brew himself some coffee. He thought again about his phone companion, whom he adored so much and who had so honestly — and that was especially painful — left him. He remembered how they first met at the vernissage, how lovely she was — a natural platinum blonde, gray-eyed, petite, with a wonderfully sculpted figure, a slight fullness only adorned her... — Lord! — he thought. — Lord, Lord, Lord, why did You create us so simple? — So that you wouldn't get confused! — answered the Lord. — Turn off the burner, your coffee is going to boil over now."