gordeyev's

Updated: May 17, 2025

Thomas Gordeyev's father develops another thesis; a rich and rational bourgeois, he tries to inculcate in his son from his infancy a son who later augments the ranks of the "restless" the most perfect spirit of egotism. "You must pity people," he says, "but do it with discernment. First, look at a man, see what good you can get out of him, and see what he is good for.

Serge Persky - Contemporary Russian Novelists