Nick Neim's Stories

Tag: emigration

  • OPERATION “SINGAPORE”

    NICK NEIM FOREWORD I don’t know how important this preface is, but in case anyone is curious to know how sometimes a short story transfers into a novella, I’ll give you an example. I once presented to readers a story of two friends living in different countries in different hemispheres. It was associated with a…

  • FLASHES – Part two – Chapter 2 – Getting used to a new life: an apartment

    Part One – Here (Western Hemisphere) CHAPTER TWO – GETTING USED TO A NEW LIFE: AN APARTMENT In the very first month of our life here, many events and meetings took place that significantly changed our situation as an emigrants. The main thing was that we found housing for ourselves and separated from my Dad’s one. It…

  • FLASHES – Part two – Chapter 1 – Here we’re in New York! First meetings and impressions

    Part One – Here (Western Hemisphere) PROLOGUE – COUPLE OF WORDS TO A READER For some reason it’s not easy to start writing “Flashes” Part Two. Perhaps not enough time has passed to digest the important events of life, or, on the contrary, too little time has yet been spent for my memory to give…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 79 – Departure and arrival

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY NINE – DEPARTURE AND ARRIVAL And then we returned home, and seeing offs after seeing offs began. Feasts. Farewells. My classmates gave me a farewell party at Sveta’s (I talked about it in Chapter 21). Soon the plane tickets were in our hands. So we said goodbye to our…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 78 – The last year at home: life before leaving

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHT – THE LAST YEAR AT HOME: LIFE BEFORE LEAVING The most surprising thing was the change in the rules of emigration. Previously, people moved out, literally broke out, anywhere (to Vienna, Rome) and then headed wherever they wanted, if they could. I really didn’t like the stories about the annual…

  • FLASHES – Chapter 77 – The last year at home: initial setup

    Part One – There (Eastern Hemisphere) CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVEN – THE LAST YEAR AT HOME: INITIAL SETUP The very first adventure awaited us on the city station platform. Despite the fact that the hospitable beer advertisement was still shining on the station square, something elusive in the spirit of the city had changed. The police, noticing that we…