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Американский экспресс (по мотивам повести-документа «Breakfast зимой в пять утра»)

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«Американский экспресс» создан по мотивам путевой повести «Breakfast зимой в пять утра», ставшей итогом путешествия автора из Нью-Йорка в Калифорнию по железной дороге.
На страницах книги описаны встречи с колоритными пассажирами американского поезда, переплетенные с лирическими эпизодами из жизни автора, его друзей и близких, дорожными зарисовками, историческими заметками о Соединенных Штатах и любопытными лаконичными рассказами об отдельных американцах и русских эмигрантах в США, очень точно и ярко характеризующими разницу в мироощущении тех и других.

263 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 8, 2020

About the author

Shtemler was born in Baku, graduated from the Baku Industrial Institute in 1957 and then worked as an engineer, first in the oil industry in the Volga region and then on the "Geologorazvedka" factory in Leningrad, city which eventually became his second home. Shtemler's novels «Univermag» («The department store»), «Poezd» («Train»), «Utrennee shosse» («Morning highway») are assertively realistic description of the life in 60s, 70s and 80s Russia. His first novel «The Grandmaster’s Mark» was published in 1965 in the Yunost literary magazine and brought immediate recognition to its author.

Ilia Shtemler is an active campaigner for the protection of Russian historical heritage. In 2006 Shtemler became vice-president of the St. Petersburg division of the PEN club.

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