Nicephorus - 5. The Dream of a Ridiculous Man

Can a human live without the color? The hero of Dostoevsky’s story “The Dream of a Ridiculous Man“ has no woman and no friends. He is completely alone and sees no purpose in his existence. All this makes him cruel not only towards those around him (he refuses to help an orphan girl in need), but also to himself. He decides to kill himself. Late at night, in a cold little apartment somewhere in St. Petersburg, he shoots himself in the heart. And the road, which started in the grave, turns into a cosmic journey to a planet inhabited by people who know no pain, no deceit, no suffering. They are as happy as children and live in peace. But the hero brings a piece of our world with him: first he teaches people innocent humor, then deception, and then they themselves invent murder and betrayal. Having fallen into debauchery, the inhabitants of this world decide to create Science in order to find the lost pillar of their lives. But they fail. The hero wakes up a different man. Once he sees with his own eyes that peop