Of modern and true love // О современной и настоящей любви

Of modern and true love // О современной и настоящей любви
Александр Сальва

Библиотека Премии Набокова
В современном быстро меняющемся мире, несмотря на повседневную рутину, герои романа Дмитрий и Надежда находят друг друга в обычном московском парке. Ничто не может их остановить в своем решении быть вместе.

Этот роман о настоящих чувствах, счастливом случае и не менее счастливой любви.

Александр Сальва

Of modern and true love // О современной и настоящей любви

Alexander Salva was born in 1981 in Yakutsk in the family of an engineer and an economist.

He graduated from the Faculty of Economics of P. G. Demidov Yaroslavl State University and the Faculty of Law of the Higher School of Economics, Moscow. He defended his thesis on economics at National Research University of Electronic Technology (MIET). He has been working in various branches. At present the author is engaged into business, married, has two daughters. Likes poetry, music and swimming.

The novel «Of modern and true love» is his first printed publication.

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Александр Сальва родился в 1981 году в г. Якутске в семье инженера и экономиста. Закончил экономический факультет ЯрГУ им. П. Г. Демидова и факультет права ГУ ВШЭ г. Москвы. Защитил диссертацию по экономике в МИЭТ. Работал в различных областях.

В настоящее время занимается бизнесом, женат, воспитывает двух дочерей. Увлекается поэзией, музыкой и плаванием. Роман «О современной и настоящей любви» является его первым печатным изданием.

Novel in verse

Of modern and true love

While we were studying our classes,
Inspired by the books of love,
And clearly seeing all life’s dullness,
While having left our years behind.

And then without any notice
Among the daily fuss and stir
This event suddenly arose,
Of which you further will be told.

Please meet my heroes: they are splendid,
So beautiful in their youth,
They still don't know even a bit,
That it’s of them we tell the truth.

I probably will start with the heroine:
No, not in Moscow she was born,
In countryside where she was living,
Her early days had slowly gone.

In dullness. Though her parents loved her,
Praised every moment, all her steps
And they were saving for a dowry,
For worthy life, as good as that.

Days passing by, she became bored
Among her family and friends,
And then she urgently resolved
To flee from all these cloudy days.

So, for her soul edification
And with the previous life at parting,
Ahead, in hope and expectation
She rushed off to the non-native town.

Where skyscrapers’rereflected in the puddles,
Where are mercantile selfish creeps,
Where girls are looking for a husband,
Without any love to feel.

Forgive me, oh, mysterious reader,
Forgot the most important thing,
It’s time to show her appearance,
Describe our lovely heroine.

She was a beauty, that’s for sure
And there’s no need in any words,
So tall, with hair to midshoulder,
So brave, with tongue just like a sword.

She did not like the others’ twitting
And treasured kindness in the folk
And name that destiny had given
To her, had clear meaning «Hope».

It seemed to Nadya there were plenty
Troubles to find a chosen one
But this impression was deceptive
(I’ll tell you how it had begun)

While in the capital, so heartless,
Because of job that couldn’t be found,
She, like a bird, so free and lovely
Was mixed with local party crowd.

Where serenity is reigning
And parties are until the dawn
At places, where for time-wasting,
They want to meet someone unknown.

In clubs for whole days she was drifting,
And, tried to find the sense in this.