A Simple Soul - Vadim Babenko (good beach reads txt) 📗

choice, meandered in the direction of Petrovka, mentally sending Olga a fond adieu and preparing to forget about her forthwith and forever.

On reaching the hotel, he headed straight for the concierge and asked him to order a ticket for the most comfortable train to Sivoldaisk and also to book a hotel room, preferably a suite – thinking in passing that he had spent too much already, but in this city it was impossible not to squander money. Shortly thereafter, a cute maid brought him an envelope containing all the essentials. He checked out her legs as he signed the bill, not even noticing the pearl bracelet adorning her wrist that could have told a great deal, even if not a single two appeared in the written total. The pearl gleamed with moonlight and the girl’s knees brought to mind the most immodest thoughts. But Frank White, Jr. resolutely pushed them away, ordering himself to limit this evening just to solitary drunkenness.

 

Vadim Babenko left two "dream" jobs - cutting-edge scientist and high-flying entrepreneur - in order to pursue his lifelong goal to write full-time. Born in the Soviet Union, he earned master's and doctoral degrees from the Moscow Institute of Physics & Technology, Russia's equivalent to MIT. As a scientist at the Soviet Academy of Sciences he became a recognized leader in the area of artificial intelligence. Then he moved to the U.S. and co-founded a high-tech company just outside of Washington, D.C. The business soon skyrocketed, and the next ambitious goal, an IPO on the stock exchange, was realized. But at this peak of success, Vadim dropped everything to set out on the path of a writer and has never looked back. He moved to Europe and, during the next eight years, published five books, including two novels, The Black Pelican and A Simple Soul, which were nominated for Russia's most prestigious literary awards. His third novel, Semmant, initially written in Russian and then translated with the author's active participation, is published exclusively in English.

 

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Publication Date: 02-03-2014

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