The Life, the Universe, and Everything
from “Monumental Propaganda” by Vladimir Voinovich
I feel sorry for those future generations who will not even be able to imagine that there was a time when the broad extensive lands of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (broad extensive lands, not expensive foreign brands) were all under the sway of a general system of sociopolitical [...]
from “Monumental Propaganda” by Vladimir Voinovich
They say that an individual’s mental capabilities are determined by the weight of his brain. But a big brain can only be contained in a beg head. Turgenev had a big head. And his brain, accordingly, weighed as much as two loaves of bread. Lenin had an even bigger head, [...]
from “Monumental Propaganda” by Vladimir Voinovich
Shubkin took over the second part of the concert completely, once again with poems by Mayakovsky and other poets. She heard “Verses About a Soviet Passport”, clenched her fists and thought, I hate him! He recited “Anna Snegina” and she thought, I hate him! He read extracts from “Vasilii Tyorkin”, [...]
from “Monumental Propaganda” by Vladimir Voinovich
[…] I told the Admiral about my conversations with Shubkin. I told him honestly that when I argued with Shubkin I sometimes felt that I was right, but I couldn’t prove it because he crushed me with his authority. And the fact that he was older, and that he’d been [...]
As far as the author has been able to observe in the course of his life, most people, even the most educated, have neither any awareness nor any understanding of the fact that they exist in history. The majority think that everything will always be the way it is today. And if a historical event [...]
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