Summary

In Chapter 4, on Monday the Junior Staff at “Century” were on edge. Arianna the girl in the cubicle next to him told him his article was great. She had helped him get the opportunity to write the article. Peter Devicki had also written an article that would compete with Slava’s. Arianna challenged Slava to do something as if he’d already been told he would be published. Slava called his grandfather and told him to buy a copy of the magazine. He’d been desperately trying to get published in the magazine since he’d been hired there. None of his submissions had been accepted and Slava couldn’t understand why. He’d even studied and tried to copy the subjects and style of other “Century” articles. He’d even given out gifts in an effort to get noticed. Nothing had done any...