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Mikhail Bulgakov
The Cup Of Life
The Cup Of Life is a famouse short story of ukraіnian wrighter Mikhail Bulgakov.
Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov’s works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.
A cheerful Moscow story with a sad ending
Honestly, as if confessing in the face of God, I will tell you, comrades, how I am suffering because of that damned Pal Vasilyich… He seduced me with the cup of life and then betrayed me! What a rascal!..
So it was in this way… I was sitting, you know, quietly and peacefully at home and doing calculations. Well, of course, that's just how they call it – calculation – but in reality it is just living from hand to mouth on my salary, that tots up to 210. 50 are now resting in my pocket. So count then: 10 days before the first day of the next
