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Epigraph ...and so who are

you, after all?



—I am part of the power

which forever wills evil

and forever works good.



Goethe's Faust ‘Say at last — who art thou?’



‘That Power I serve

Which wills forever evil

Yet does forever good.’



Goethe, Faust ...Так кто ж ты, наконец?



— Я — часть той силы,

что вечно хочет

зла и вечно совершает благо.



Гете. “Фауст”

Dedication

First words One hot spring evening, just as the sun was going down, two men appeared at Patriarch’s Ponds. At the sunset hour of one warm spring day two men were to be seen at Patriarch’s Ponds. (translated by Michael Glenny) Однажды весною, в час небывало жаркого заката, в Москве, на Патриарших

прудах, появились два гражданина.

Quotations ...manuscripts don’t burn. Рукописи не горят. Les manuscrits ne brûlent pas. what would your good do if evil didn't exist, and what would the earth look like if all the shadows disappeared?

Last words His ravaged memory quiets down , and no one will trouble the professor until the next full moon; neither the noseless murderer of Gestas, nor the cruel fifth procurator of Judea, the knight Pontius Pilate. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) His bruised memory has subsided again and until the next full moon no one will trouble the professor—neither the noseless man who killed Hestas nor the cruel Procurator of Judea, fifth in that office, the knight Pontius Pilate. (translated by Michael Glenny) (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.) Ни безносый убийца Гестаса, ни жестокий пятый прокуратор Иудеи всадник Понтийский Пилат. (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)

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