Dear friend

Maupassana brought lifetime glory to the novels. The novel "dear friend" is written in the satisfaction of those who demanded from the writer "some long thing." The main character is a young man, a former soldier, dreams of succeeding and getting rich. The old army comrade helps him get a job in the newspaper. The hero, without journalistic abilities, finds a more imminent way to go into people ". To do this, Georges Durua has to neglect all moral principles, but the society in which he rotates is slightly concerned. "Dear friend" - Roman -calculation. All his heroes know how to count. And all - exclusively in their favor. One and a half centuries have passed since the publication of the "dear friend", and today"s reader has the opportunity
Evaluate the forecast of a philosopher poet made at the wedding of the protagonist: "The future belongs to the rogues". Is the prediction come true? “I have to stay for them with my boyfriend, a“ guy on the board ", drug addict, Georges Durua, a drunkard and a musician ... ”“ Chizco ”sings today. As you can see, the unfading glory of this novel still bears a shade of scandal.
Translation from French Nikolai Lyubimov
The accompanying article by Athanasius Mamedova
Afanasy Isaakovich Mammadov (born 1960) - Russian writer, journalist. He studied at the Literary Institute named after A. M. Gorky, worked in the bookstore "Summer Garden", the publishing house "Time". From 2003 to 2007 - Executive Director of October magazine. Since 2007, the release editor of the magazine Lehaim ". Mamedov’s prose is published by the magazines "Friendship of Peoples", "Banner", "October", "Baku". Prizes Laureate Yuri Kazakova and I.P. Belkin, finalist of the Prizes "Yasnaya Polyana", "Russian Bouquer", "Book of the Year"