Аннотация: A note about the book by Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya "In a dispute over time"
A note about the book by Natalia Alekseevna Reshetovskaya "In a dispute over time"
The book by Natalia Reshetovskaya is a compact biography of two spouses Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Natalia Reshetovskaya approximately between 1936 and 1963.
It's easy to read this book.
Natalia Reshetovskaya reinforces her biographical statements with quotations from letters (between the spouses), and from the works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
Interesting is the tendency of Alexander Solzhenitsyn to the compilation of card files (card index).
Here is one of the references (the book by Natalia Reshetovskaya "In a dispute over time"):
'Plans for the summer are also ripening [approximately 1959]. First of all, my husband dreams of a trip to Leningrad, which has attracted him for a long time.
A rather old guide to Leningrad is brought from the library. Alexander will compile a whole large historical and artistic card index [card files] with the help of this guide.
I was very interested in the architecture of Leningrad after a trip there with the amateur performances of Moscow University in 1949. Therefore, it was decided that I, too, will compile an architectural card index. (...)
A large card index on the streets and sights of Leningrad has already been drawn up.
The cards are sorted according to specific routes. With a printed card index in his hands, Alexander Isaevich may well work as a guide in Leningrad. The Leningradskaya Pravda, subscribed [written out] by us, already is arriving in Ryazan. Reading this newspaper, we, as it were, entered the life of the city of Leningrad. (...)
We arrived in Leningrad on a dazzling morning. Spring is late there: on the streets and in the squares there are bushes of blooming lilacs, which have long faded in our area [Ryazan] .
In the evening, having dressed more solemnly, we went out for a walk. Having passed along the Nevsky in the direction opposite to the Palace Square, we turned left and found ourselves at the building of the former Noble Assembly - now the Philharmonic. ... we broke through to the upper tier, where one could not only sit on one's own places, but also walk freely, not looking at the stage, but simply surrendering to the amazingly coherent sound of the orchestra.
After the concert we went out onto the bright streets without lanterns. Although it was already 12 o'clock, it seemed that the evening was just beginning: flowers, ice cream, sparkling water were sold everywhere ...
Until four in the morning, we wandered along the embankments of the Neva, taking pictures and simply admiring the panorama that opened before our eyes. (...)
Overwhelmed with impressions from the trip, from meetings with friends, with a lot of snapped [prepared] [photo] films, been burdened with new things, on August 11, we arrived in Ryazan, exactly on schedule. - It's good to travel, and at home is even better! - said my husband, sorting things out and getting ready for his usual business. "
On the one hand, the dedication, organization, tremendous energy of the marriage partner, the tendency to systematize (drawing up card indexes) give their result - in the form of successful travels, in the form of other life achievements. The second marriage partner, who is living a family life with a highly effective person, is - at the same time - the acquirer of benefits and achievements.
On the other hand, communication with a highly effective person (purposefulness, organization, the enormous energy of a partner, a tendency to draw up card files) contains a certain risk to turn into one of the next cards in the card index.
Natalya Reshetovskaya was brought up in an old-fashioned style, marriage was supposed - ideally - the only one, moral values dominated. It was the psychology of respectable people. She was a talented chemist, a prominent piano player, a serious writer ... It's is not a scenario of the life of a genius person with supernatural powers, supernatural energy and supernatural luck ...
December 12, 2020 14:41
Translation from Russian into English: December 12, 2020 15:44.
Владимир Владимирович Залесский 'Заметка о книге Натальи Алексеевны Решетовской 'В споре со временем''.