Alexandra Kryuchkova - The Island of Charon. Playing Another Reality. Antoine de Saint-Exupery Award

The second time he persistently asked me the reason of the offense for two days in a row just before my departure to Ammouliani. I even sent him a joking threat, “I’ll write a novel about you!”

And I received a letter as the answer of not a boy, but a man.

“No-no-no, this is not a novel, and not even a story, and not an episode, but just a moment in life of two adult self-sufficient people, who simply misunderstood each other. Sorry, I did wrong when I disappeared without explanation. I had a black streak, problems with money and in general… But as soon as life began to improve, I allowed myself to approach you again.”

And that “I allowed myself to approach you…” was imprinted in me once and forever, instantly connecting kilometers of memories into a single whole picture.

“I don’t even know how else to surprise you!”

“Oh my God, I am already a grandfather!”

“I’ve lost some kilograms! Now I’m like a boy!”

I smiled…

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The newspaper «Literary News» / («Literaturnye Izvestia») No. 11—12 (197—198), 2021, «The results of the literary awards 2021» by the press-secretary of the Moscow State Organization of the Union of Writers of Russia, https://reading-hall.ru/publication.php?id=30044

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