The story "In a beautiful and violent world", shortthe retelling of which is presented in the article, is the piercing, sad and touching work of the Soviet prose writer Andrei Platonov. It was first published in 1937.
Before proceeding to a brief retellingstory "In a beautiful and violent world", it is worth to dedicate a few words to its creator. Andrey Platonov was born in 1989. His father was a machinist. Many of the heroes of the writer's works are the workers of the railway. The machinist works and the character of the work "In a beautiful and violent world."
A short paraphrase of Platonov's book does not giveideas about the extraordinary talent of this prose writer. His gift consisted not so much in the ability to find the right word, how much in the ability to show the suffering of a person on the example of some everyday, seemingly insignificant situations. Perhaps the whole point is that he knew about suffering firsthand.
During the Civil War, a novice writerworked as a front-line correspondent. In 1922 he published the first book. After 10 years, Platonov wrote a story "For Good", which aroused the wrath of Stalin. Repression began. In 1938, the writer's son was arrested, two years later he was released, but he, a tuberculosis patient, lived only a few months.
Andrei Platonov passed and the Second World War. In the rank of captain, he again worked as a correspondent, but he risked his life at the front along with ordinary soldiers. After the war, he published "Return home", after which he was subjected to new, more fierce attacks. Until the end of his days, a talented prose writer was deprived of the right to earn money by writing.
Platonov created works whose analoguesin the literature, according to critics, no. It's all about a unique and original style. You can not rate it by reading the paraphrase. "In a beautiful and violent world" is still a work based on an amazing story. The author told about events that can hardly happen in real life. Therefore, even a superficial acquaintance with the plot will be of interest.
Below is a short summary. "In a beautiful and furious world" is easier to state according to the following scheme:
What is the story "In a beautiful and violent world"? Brief content should begin with the characteristics of the main character.
Alexander Maltsev works inTolubeevsky depot. And here he is the best machinist. He's about thirty. He leads the staff with high skill, with some kind of detachment. And in these moments it seems that he does not see anything else around.
Alexander Vasilyevich is not very good. He only in extreme cases appeals to his assistant - Constantine, on whose behalf the story is narrated in the story "In a beautiful and violent world".
A brief description of Maltsev is given at the beginningworks. Diligence, passionate love for his work, even some sense of superiority over colleagues - these are the features and qualities of the protagonist. "In a beautiful and violent world" - a work of the author, from the pen of which often born such images. A person who lives by work, unable to exist without her, is a typical hero of Platonov.
The narration is from a young man,admiring the talent of the machinist. No matter how much he tried to understand the secret of the unusual gift of Maltsev, he could not do it. Constantine worked as an assistant for about six months. And then there was an event that can be called the climax in the work "In a beautiful and violent world." A brief retelling of the story, witnessed and participated by Maltsev's assistant, is presented below.
There was it in a way. Everything went as usual.No signs of trouble. But suddenly thunder roared and a flash of lightning flashed. Bright enough that Constantine a little scared, and then asked the stoker about what it was.
It was a sharp blue light flashing oninstant. It is not surprising that Constantine did not recognize a completely natural phenomenon. Maltsev at the same time led the staff calmly, unperturbed. When he heard the word "lightning" from the stoker, he said that he had not seen anything. But how could you miss the piercing, instant flash?
After a while Constantine began to notice,that the driver is driving the car worse. But this could be explained by fatigue. When they passed the yellow, and then the red traffic light, the assistant Maltsev was frightened, he suspected something was amiss. And then the driver stopped the train and said: "Kostya, then you'll lead. I'm blind. "
Vision to Maltsev returned the next day.But on that ill-fated night, he committed several serious violations. The driver was brought to trial, and no one believed Constantine when he told about temporary blindness. But even if the investigator believed, the machinist would not be released. After all, he lost sight, continued to drive the train, thereby risking the lives of passengers.
Maltsev confessed to Constantine that, even whenblind, saw the line, the signals, and the wheat in the steppe. But he saw it in his imagination. He did not immediately believe in his blindness. I believed it only when I heard firecrackers.
Maltsev was put in prison.Constantine continued to work, but already an assistant to another machinist. He missed Maltsev. And once I heard about the installation of Tesla, the use of which, he hoped, could prove the innocence of the driver.
With this installation it was possible to checkhuman exposure to electrical discharges. Constantine wrote a letter to the investigator, who was leading the Maltsev case, with a request to conduct tests. In addition, he pointed out where the installation is and how to produce experience. For several weeks the assistant engineer waited for an answer.
Knowingly Constantine wrote a letter to the investigator.After some time, he called him to him. Examination using the Tesla installation was carried out. Maltsev again lost the ability to see. His innocence was proven. He went free. However, the investigator for a long time felt guilty for having listened to the advice of Constantine. The machinist was blind this time forever.
There was no hope of recovery.Mal'tsev was in fact easily exposed to electric discharges. And if for the first time, when he led the team, vision returned, then in the course of the experiment the eyes injured earlier were injured. Maltsev was destined to spend his whole life in darkness. Do not see any line, no traffic lights, no fields. Do not see all that without which he had not previously existed.
Such is the sad story of the hero of the story "In a beautiful and violent world." The summary is presented. But Platonov did not put an end to this.
Konstantin passed the exams, became a machinist.Now he drove the train himself. Maltsev came every day to the platform, sat on a painted bench and looked with an unseeing gaze toward the departing train. His face was sensitive, passionate. He greedily inhaled the smell of lubricating oil and burning. Constantine could not help him. He was leaving. Maltsev remained.
But one day Constantine took Maltsev with him.He planted Alexander Vasilyevich in his place, put his hand on the reverse. On calm plots, Constantine sat down at the helper's place and watched the former engineer drive the train, forgetting his grief. And on the approach to Tolubeev, Maltsev's vision returned. He saw a yellow traffic light, ordered Constantine to cover the steam, and then turned to face him, looked with a seeing eye and cried.
After work they went to Maltsev's house and talked until morning. Constantine was afraid to leave Alexander Vasilyevich alone with the hostile power of this beautiful, but violent world.
A retelling of the work of art allowssave time. In order to learn the content of a story or story, it's enough to spend only 2-3 minutes. But still read the books of such masters of the word, as Andrei Platonov, follows in the original.
