Свести счёты с жизнью по-штюрийски Arbeitsloser Architekt stürzte in Graz von Balkon Ein gebürtiger Engländer ist am Mittwoch in Graz aus bisher ungeklärter Ursache vom Balkon seiner Wohnung knapp drei Meter tief auf ein Autodach gefallen und hat dabei lebensgefährliche Verletzungen erlitten. Die Polizei konnte den derzeit 51-J. arbeitslosen Architekten noch nicht einvernehmen. Der schon [...]
Galina Toktalieva for Die Wiener Nachrichten (excerpt) Graz was the very place, where my emigration trial by water and fire started. It was southern-looking fair town with medieval architecture, in strange way reminding me of sunny Bishkek streets. It was love at first sight. Graz struck me as prettiest place I ever knew. However, to [...]
Young female beggar in one of Vienna streets listening to arguments of older woman who suddenly stopped to express her opinion on beggary. For the first time in my life, I was brought at the place against my will and kept there shut. I felt shaken and thought it must be mistake and soon they [...]
Group of people in Mariahilfer Strasse, Vienna. That plump woman with hair standing on at her head looked rather funny. She addressed me with idea to get a few coins for drink Zhanna It was sunny spring of 1982. The university alley of apple and peach trees was all pink lace of blossoms. The air [...]
When I came back to lathe, I saw inspector with measure gadget there probing my patterns. He declared high percentage of deficiency and recommended to sharpen the drill. It was smoke break in instrumental store, and a group of middle-aged workers gathered around the table. Black plate of old radio was on the wall. While [...]
The moral postulate of soviet society was simple: who does not work must not eat, and parasitism was considered to be hardest sin. One could even be in problems with police suspected in parasitic mode of existence. Living in center of Europe nowadays, I see symbiotic relationships with society to be of no great fault [...]
