Vladimir Vojnovich

A talk show

Pyotr Ivanovich, an experienced site foreman, was urged for a long time to take the position of chief engineer of the trust. They finally talked him into it. But a year later he returned to his construction site, half-jokingly insisting that a foreman is not a position, but a profession.

When he loses his position as a powerful government minister, Vincent is dropped by his pretty mistress and must begin life anew, without the privileges of power. As he gradually becomes acquainted with milieus which he d either forgotten or never known and a host of sometimes eccentric, often remarkable everyday people, Vincent really begins to start living again.

The mid-60s, the time of the "thaw" after the terrible Stalin years. There was a "golden youth" - dudes in trousers with a pipe, jazz "on the ribs", the first farcers. Two blockheads cheerfully while away, trying the delights of adulthood - dancing, wine, girls. But in the end, everyone chooses his life path.

A talk show

Pyotr Ivanovich, an experienced site foreman, was urged for a long time to take the position of chief engineer of the trust. They finally talked him into it. But a year later he returned to his construction site, half-jokingly insisting that a foreman is not a position, but a profession.

The mid-60s, the time of the "thaw" after the terrible Stalin years. There was a "golden youth" - dudes in trousers with a pipe, jazz "on the ribs", the first farcers. Two blockheads cheerfully while away, trying the delights of adulthood - dancing, wine, girls. But in the end, everyone chooses his life path.