История одного путешествия

by Gaito Gazdanov, Гайто Газданов

Володя молодой человек без определенных занятий, русский эмигрант и начинающий писатель. Он приезжает из Константинополя в Париж к своему старшему брату, который успешно ведет здесь дело по продаже автомобилей. Парижские встречи с людьми разных национальностей, разных взглядов и разной судьбы оказывают не всегда заметное, но глубокое влияние на внутренний мир Володи. Путешествие в Париж становится значимым этапом его жизненного пути.

Genres: Russia

152 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1935

About the author

Gaito Gazdanov (Russian: Гайто Газданов; Ossetian: Гæздæнты Бæппийы фырт Гайто) (1903–1971) was a Russian émigré writer of Ossetian extraction. He was born in Saint Petersburg but was brought up in Siberia and Ukraine, where his father worked as a forester. He took part in the Russian Civil War on the side of Wrangel's White Army. In 1920 he left Russia and settled in Paris, where he was employed in the Renault factories. Gazdanov's first novel — An Evening with Claire (1930) — won accolades from Maxim Gorky and Vladislav Khodasevich, who noted his indebtedness to Marcel Proust. On the strength of his first short stories, Gazdanov was decried by critics as one of the most gifted writers to begin his career in emigration.
Gazdanov's mature work was produced after World War II. His mastery of criminal plots and understanding of psychological detail are in full evidence in his two most popular novels, The Specter of Alexander Wolf and The Return of the Buddha, whose English translations appeared in 1950 and 1951. The writer "excels in creating characters and plots in which cynicism and despair remain in precarious yet convincing balance with a courageous acceptance of life and even a certain joie de vivre." In 1953, Gazdanov joined the Radio Liberty, where he hosted a program about Russian literature until his death.

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Теперь был ледяной дождь и рассвет бесконечно далекого, враждебного дня, и пустое поле в холодной России. И не оставалось ничего, кроме начала иного беспощадного существования; и с той минуты все изменилось и исчезло. Не было ни смысла, ни воспоминаний, ни любви, во всем мире не было ничего, кроме ледяного дождя и обрывков кожи на ране и язв, в которых кишат вши. Россия, родина, - как фальшиво и не нужно - с медными трубами, барабанами и гимном - такая густая, такая торжественно глупая музыка. Нет, не осталось ничего."

[Dario Malic · Rating 5 out of 5]

U Povijesti jednog putovanja Gazdanov napušta pripovijedanje iz kuta jednog lika. Iako i ovdje imamo svojevrsni piščev alter-ego u Volodji, glavnom liku romana, imamo i uvid u razmišljanja i osjećaje još nekolicine likova što donosi određenu svježinu i raznovrsnost. Satkan od kratkih, ali za protagoniste iznimno važnih epizoda, prožetih osjećajem čežnje, čežnje za osobom, za društvom, promjenom, postojanošću spoznajom, istinom, ljubavlju, čežnje za putovanjem, i duše i tijela, Gazdanovljev roman nas (još jednom) (do)vodi u snoviti svijet uzvišenog senzibiliteta, u kojem se svaki detalj duboko osjeća. Kao i Volodju i nas na kraju, nakon što sklopimo knjigu, put vodi dalje, u neke nove još neproživljene dijelove vlastitih života. Možemo se samo nadati da ćemo na tom putu još kojom prilikom susresti Gajta Gazdanova.

[Dada · Rating 3 out of 5]

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