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	«To execute it is impossible to pardon», Or That do prototypes when learn itself In the Tambov literature there was an event — the first book of prose young (to present measures) the writer is published. The book is called "Siege", the author — Sergey Rosedkin. Sobytijnost in that that this first book left at once in Moscow, in publishing house "Voice", volume of 25 quires (more than 430 pages), in firm cover, in a colourful jacket and circulation of 100 thousand copies. No doubt, it is possible to tell about "Siege" a lot of the good. Someone, probably, will tell also something opposite. But it is better while, perhaps, to ask to speak to its author, Sergey NASEDKINU. — Sergey, I know, that at your first book hard destiny. Tell about it at least in brief. — Generally — the sin to complain. I have written the first story to seventeen, and it was published at once by the regional newspaper (it was in Siberia). Then my stories appeared in regional newspapers, in magazines, fragments from the story "Barracks" have printed in the collection «Young prose of Chernozem region» (Voronezh). But here with the book business was stopped. In 1989 when I studied on the Higher literary courses in Moscow, publishing house "Capital" has concluded with me the contract on the separate edition to lead «to Execute it is impossible to pardon». Business is already cunning to imposition proofs (one copy is stored at me till now), but notorious reorganisation has come and before publishing — the book washing has got stuck. And I am glad to it. Yes-yes! But now I have entered the literature, so to say, quite seriously. In the book "Siege" — ten stories and two stories. And so, only three stories — "Supergoalkeeper", «Meetings with this person» and «it is difficult to be adult» — are written about fifteen years ago; all the rest — fruits of three-five last years. So "siege" is my today's litportret. — For me that in the characters of the story «to Execute is doubtless it is impossible to pardon» some of your acquaintances learn itself. And hardly to it will be delighted. You remember, at Gogol: «Will be shchelkopyor, bumagomaraka, into a comedy you will insert. And all will grin and slap hands together»? «Devilish verses» are not afraid to appear in position of the author well-known? After all at others tambovchan customs not less abrupt and cave, than at devout Moslems of the East … — I some years, after Moscow State University journalism faculty, have worked in regional molodyozhke «the Komsomol banner». In the story «to Execute it is impossible to pardon» some impressions of these years have found the reflexion. Prototypes, probably, are guessed. Usually they pretend, that do not learn itself in negative characters — those who is cleverer, secretly rejoicing, that there was a chance to remain in history. But here recently with one of were «companions on a feather» I have faced face to face. It suddenly as a venomous snake efa, has started to spit to me on points to wave fists before a nose and to shout hysterically: a pier, the Asian how you have dared so to deride me, radical Russian tambovchanina?! It, possibly, does not like the Siberian cut of my eyes — Let it pass. But here about Tambov it russkosti I strongly doubt, as also a surname at it any Japanese-Singapore. In the story «to Execute it is impossible to pardon» I has deduced it under a surname Whistle and has tried to show, in particular, that here such Pharisees and pseudo-intellectuals podvizajutsja in our journalism and are torn very much in an editorial armchair … However, lines with them, with prototypes. I after all write not feuilletons, not lampoons, not documentary prose. For me the story «to Execute it is impossible to pardon» — first of all the story about the first love. An image JUli Kuprikovoj, maybe, more we mean, than images of the editor of newspaper Firsova or inspector Karamazov. — Why in your products side by side pages tragical and comic frequently adjoin? How you define a genre of the things? — I try to write extremely topical things (from here and criminal plots in my stories and stories) to interest, involve the reader and, having interested to try to tell to it something serious. On the "Siege" jacket there is a serial sign «Modern detective» is, of course, not absolutely precisely: I write criminal, instead of detective histories. Though, on the other hand, in my products all almost there is a search of the murderer, only not concrete, and, so to say, the global. The murderer who kills all of us, forcing to live in criminal atmosphere today's shizodebilnoj the validity. — That, at your sight, should prevail in a literary work: author's fiction or the vital truth? — Personally I write in a genre of "fantastic realism». Even in the story «to Execute it is impossible to pardon» at the heart of which criminal plot the known criminal case which has shaken how wrote the same «the Komsomol banner» lays, all Tambovshchinu in the mid-eighties, it is a lot of conjecture. Stories and at all — all from a head, are thought up, but on a real basis. Heroes of "Siege", for example, — the husband, the wife and a daughter — in broad daylight in city centre in own apartment besieges kompashka drunk villains, and anybody from neighbours to the aid does not hurry … particularly such history I do not know, but similar can happen today with each of us and at any time. Unique product in the collection the story "Mutter" — for ninety percent is autobiographical. I am valid so veins and dews — in poverty. I really had such talented mother which life has passed in vain, has burnt down ugly, was gone for ponjuh to tobacco — thanking hvalyonoj the Soviet humane power … — That for you literary creativity: serious job, entertaining game, aspiration to self-expression or something another? — In literary circles me always considered as the critic. I wrote really often and published reviews and critiques. Though I knew, that the prose writer as it is accepted to speak — the writer (though the writer, in my opinion, it is necessary to name both criticism, and the prose writer, both the poet, and the satirist — all of us we write, all writers). Ego-tripped difficultly. It is necessary to mention, that the story "Siege" as which I consider as the card (for this reason has named so all collection) and which, by the way, Victor Petrovich Astafev recommended in magazine «New world» (there it up to that moment, alas, and lays), your newspaper «the City on TSne» has rejected in due time this story … Well, but now (it is possible to consider me as the bad or good prose writer to read or not to read my stories and to lead) the book "Siege" already exists. I will add, that I write difficultly, a little, only on inspiration so for twenty with superfluous years has written only ten two stories and four stories. — And whether, at last, your first book well is on sale? — All circulation at publishing house "Voice" at once, by the gross was bought by private book sellers. At me it is extremely easy on a shower, that the publishing house on the first book of the unknown author of losses has not incurred. Now "Siege" is on sale on trays both in Tambov and in Moscow on 2500–2700 roubles. On the one hand, it is pleasant (time in two more expensively any CHejza!), with another — it is disturbing: those who is villains of my prose can just buy it basically. And I so would like, that my book read, that is called, simple people, and first of all — tambovchane. Questions the strutter of L. SHLEJNIK. «A city on TSne», On January, 22nd, 1994
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