u/ChromaticFalcon

I'm looking for a book. Heard a small excerpt from it on the radio about 30 years ago. Not sure what the original language is, I heard it in Russian (and was in Russia at that time).

That's what I remember:

The teacher read her students' fortunes with cards and predicted that one of them would die (the predictions for the other students were positive). He complained about her, and she was fired or arrested. This student wasn't the main character, but rather a villain. Perhaps he used this opportunity to settle a score with her.