Autumn Marathon

Andrey Pavlovich Buzykin who makes a living by teaching at an institute and translating English literature is cheating on his wife Buzykins main problem is that hes a kind man with a weak character The lies he is telling his wife all the time are inconvincing but he never has the courage to tell her the truth His lover Alla is aware of his family life but gets offended when for example he cannot meet her so that he doesnt come home late or when he doesnt want to go home in a new jacket she gives him to avoid having to explain to his wife Alla and Nina Andreis wife both leave him forgive him and return to him at the same time and Andrei continues with this kind of life full of suffering and deceit Finally both women are so fed up with his lies that they dont believe him even when he is telling the truth