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The Тёлки два года спустя или Videoты
Андрей Миркин, герой романа "The Тёлки", сделал блестящую карьеру на телевидении: он ведущий популярного шоу на молодежном канале. Известность вскружила ему голову, девушки не дают проходу, а лгать приходится все чаще, даже самому себе.
Но однажды он встречает ту, с которой может быть настоящим… или так только кажется?
Но однажды он встречает ту, с которой может быть настоящим… или так только кажется?
544 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2010
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Sergey Minaev
17 books30 followersСергей Минаев
Sergey Sergeevich Minaev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Мина́ев, born January 25, 1975) is a Russian writer, radio- and TV-host, journalist and wine importer. He is known for his scandalous novels "ДухLess", "The Тёлки", "Media Sapiens".
Sergey Sergeevich Minaev (Russian: Серге́й Серге́евич Мина́ев, born January 25, 1975) is a Russian writer, radio- and TV-host, journalist and wine importer. He is known for his scandalous novels "ДухLess", "The Тёлки", "Media Sapiens".
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May 12, 2012
Хотя бы обнадёживает конец.
June 25, 2013
The Chicks: Two Years Later: http://readwithstyle.wordpress.com/20...
My first visit to Kazakhstan coincided with the first book I ever read in Russian. Even though I studied Russian for nearly 12 years, the only things I ever read were textbooks and autobiographies.
Now I decided to give it a go and actually try to read a novel in Russian. Of course, as ambitious as I am, I started from the top, and by the top I mean the only book by Dostoyevsky I haven’t read – Idiot. Very soon (by very soon I mean the first 5 pages) I realized that Dostoevsky is a challenge I am not ready to face without a dictionary, so I passed on to something lighter – Sergey Minaev’s Videoty – the sequel of his famous novel The Chicks. I read The Chicks several months ago in Bulgarian and I was quite impressed by Minaev’s style. Of course, he is vulgar, brutal, and sometimes insensitive, but hey, he is talking about the “values” and “morals” of contemporary society. He ought to be vulgar, brutal, and insensitive, as this is the world we are currently living in.
In Videoty we meet Andrei Mirkin two years after the unfortunate AIDS incident. Mirkin has spent the last two years in Holland, living a trivial existence with a girl named Helen. However, when his friends Anton and Vanya call him with an offer to lead his own TV Show on Moscow’s most popular TV channel, Mirkin instantly catches the plane and returns to his ordinary life – drugs, alcohol, forgettable nights, expiration dating, and shallow girls. Soon, however, Andrei realizes he is not the guy he used to be 2 years ago. Mirkin despises the TV show he leads; he condemns the public media and the tools it uses to control the masses. Andrei indulges in his former lifestyle only to discover he feels lonelier than ever. Being a TV star and having many followers and imitators doesn’t translate into happiness. When meeting Natasha Andrei feels it is time for him to change. However, is he capable of leaving behind his old habits and entering into an honest and loyal relationship?
Read more: http://readwithstyle.wordpress.com/20...
My first visit to Kazakhstan coincided with the first book I ever read in Russian. Even though I studied Russian for nearly 12 years, the only things I ever read were textbooks and autobiographies.
Now I decided to give it a go and actually try to read a novel in Russian. Of course, as ambitious as I am, I started from the top, and by the top I mean the only book by Dostoyevsky I haven’t read – Idiot. Very soon (by very soon I mean the first 5 pages) I realized that Dostoevsky is a challenge I am not ready to face without a dictionary, so I passed on to something lighter – Sergey Minaev’s Videoty – the sequel of his famous novel The Chicks. I read The Chicks several months ago in Bulgarian and I was quite impressed by Minaev’s style. Of course, he is vulgar, brutal, and sometimes insensitive, but hey, he is talking about the “values” and “morals” of contemporary society. He ought to be vulgar, brutal, and insensitive, as this is the world we are currently living in.
In Videoty we meet Andrei Mirkin two years after the unfortunate AIDS incident. Mirkin has spent the last two years in Holland, living a trivial existence with a girl named Helen. However, when his friends Anton and Vanya call him with an offer to lead his own TV Show on Moscow’s most popular TV channel, Mirkin instantly catches the plane and returns to his ordinary life – drugs, alcohol, forgettable nights, expiration dating, and shallow girls. Soon, however, Andrei realizes he is not the guy he used to be 2 years ago. Mirkin despises the TV show he leads; he condemns the public media and the tools it uses to control the masses. Andrei indulges in his former lifestyle only to discover he feels lonelier than ever. Being a TV star and having many followers and imitators doesn’t translate into happiness. When meeting Natasha Andrei feels it is time for him to change. However, is he capable of leaving behind his old habits and entering into an honest and loyal relationship?
Read more: http://readwithstyle.wordpress.com/20...
January 11, 2011
Столичный crap
September 2, 2012
Just an interesting story about "bright" life
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