A mild form of training

Banker Oleg Vyugin-about publications, different types of power and pleasure from a real novel

Due to the lack of time, I read books in snacks: basically it turns out on weekends or evenings. In the old fashioned way I prefer paper publications, and in electronic form I read only articles on work. For me, reading is a continuation of a certain study, but in a mild form. Of course, I can quickly read the text, if necessary, but certainly not fiction - I read it thoughtfully.

1. I really love novels about life, so I chose the "little life" of Hanya Yanagihara, who is in trend today. Now I'm trying to sprinkle it, I don’t know if I can handle it. Despite many laudatory reviews, for me this is a terrible book: it does not go to my soul. Boring. Usually, if the book is disappointing me, I do not read it, I throw it.

2. And here is another popular book - the “dandy” of the American writer Donna Tartt, as for me, on the contrary, good. It is somehow alive, with elements of the detective, but at the same time more real, powerful, in places quite heavy, very tight, and it is simply impossible not to read. The main character - a teenager abandoned by his father - steals a picture from the museum, which becomes his only consolation.

3. Prior to this, I read the last novel by Victor Pelevin, “Mafusail Lamp, or the extreme battle of the Chekists with Masons”, which was released last year. In my opinion, Pelevin has already gone into another dimension, and you read it rather by inertia, recalling the best works of the master. Now it is not very interesting to read, so I would advise you to pay attention to such cult works as “the life of insects” or “chapaev and emptiness”.

4. I can also recommend to everyone the works of another “living classic” - Vladimir Sorokin: at one time I read almost all of his books. Acquaintance with him should begin with the most famous: the debut novel “Norm”, the novels “The Day of the Trap” and “Metel”. A distinctive feature of this author is that he writes the publication books. Recently, the novel "Manaraga", telling about the relationship of mankind with books, came out. I think it should also be read.

5. Those who think about the structure of the country ask the question why it happens this way and not otherwise, I can advise paying attention to the famous American economist Mansur Oleson and his “power and prosperity. Reviewing communist and capitalist dictatorships. " Although this is not a work of art, the book is very light, written in a popular language and can clean the brains. She is about what power contributes to the economic rise of the country, and which is not; This pushes power to contribute to the development, prosperity of the nation, and not just enjoy its domination.

6. If you turn to the world classic, I advise the “return to Braidshead” of the English writer Ivlin W - an excellent work for those who want to understand the British soul and enjoy the real, interesting novel with the finely prescribed characters of the outgoing era of the prosperity of the English aristocracy. I read in Russian, there is a wonderful translation, so it is not necessary to read in the original.

Recorded Anastasia Torop