Аудиокнига: Москва — Петушки

Attention! The phonogram contains obscene language.

In the now distant 1970, two typed copies of the poem «Moscow-Petushki» by the thirty-year-old Venedikt Erofeev were published. First, “all of Moscow” read it, then the provinces, and then the whole world. The popularity of the book caught Venedikt Erofeev by surprise. By his own admission, he wrote a poem for several friends, so that they could laugh for a few pages, and be sad and pondered a little.

The plot of the poem is simple. The main character travels by train from Moscow to Petushki.

In each chapter, the author describes what happens to him while traveling from one station to another. Considering that during the whole trip the hero kisses the bottle, it is not surprising that in the end he does not reach Petushki station.

1. “I like that the people of my country have eyes so empty and bulging … These eyes will not sell. Nothing will be sold and nothing will be bought. Whatever happens to my country, in the days of doubt, in the days of painful meditation, in the time of any trials and disasters — these eyes will not blink. They are all God’s dew … «

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2. “In the introduction to the First Edition, I warned all the girls that the chapter“ Hammer and Sickle — Karacharovo ”should be skipped without reading, because the phrase“ And immediately drank ”is followed by a page and a half of pure mat censorship word, except for the phrase «And immediately drank.»

3. «Everything in the world should happen slowly and incorrectly, so that a person does not have time to become proud, so that a person is sad and confused.»

4. “… what and where did I drink? and in what order? Did he drink for his own good or for evil?

5. “Even if you go to the left, you will get to the Kursk railway station; if it’s straight, it’s all the same to the Kursk railway station; if to the right — all the same to the Kursk railway station ”.

6. «Oh, the most powerless and shameful time in the life of my people is from dawn to the opening of stores!»

7. “- There is nothing alcoholic, — said the bouncer. And he looked at me like a dead bird or a dirty buttercup. «

8. “Why are they all so rude? A? And rude, after all, emphatically rude in those very moments when one cannot be rude, when a person with a hangover has all his nerves out, when he is cowardly and quiet? «

9. «I would agree to live in the world for an eternity if first they showed me a corner where there is not always a place for exploits.»

10. «Oh, the beastly grin of being!»

11. “I appeal to all relatives and friends, to all people of goodwill, I appeal to everyone whose heart is open to poetry and compassion:… let us honor with a minute of silence that which is inexpressible. If you have any suitable dial tone at hand, click on that dial tone. «

12. “I stand like a pillar in the middle of the Kursk railway station square. Taxis flow around me on all four sides. People — too, and they look so wildly: they probably think — to sculpt it like this, for the edification of the peoples of antiquity, or not to sculpt it «?

13. «In the morning it is bad, in the evening it is good — a sure sign of a bad person.»

14. «I, hungover in the morning, hide from heaven and earth, because it is more intimate than any intimacy! .. Before work I drink I hide, while I drink I hide … I have infinitely expanded the sphere of intimacy — how many times has it ruined me …»

15. «Coriander has an inhuman effect on a person.»

16. «Laughed like gods.»

17. «A good man needs a bad woman very much.»

18. «I couldn’t cross the Garden Ring without drinking anything.»

19. «You cannot trust the opinion of a person who has not had time to get drunk.»

20. «I began to suspect myself of betraying myself and my beliefs.»

21. «When did you first notice, Venka, that you are a fool?»

22. “I went to bed with only one thought: will I wake up on Friday? And I woke up on Saturday … «

23. «Who can guarantee that our day after tomorrow will not be worse than our day before yesterday?»

24. “I somehow wilted and lost my soul”.

25. «The audience looked at me blankly, with round and seemingly unoccupied eyes.»

26. «A person must give himself all to people, even if they do not want to take him.»

Performed by: Veniamin Smekhov

© V. Erofeev (heirs)

© & ℗ SP Vorobiev V.A. 2013

© & ℗ ID SOYUZ 2013

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