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Човекът, който намери своето лице
Американский артист-комик Антонио Престо знаменит и богат. Но все видят в нём лишь уродливого горбатого карлика, способного только смешить. Никому нет дела до его страдающей души и огромного драматического таланта. И тут судьба, казалось, улыбается герою. Знаменитый доктор Цорн берётся исправить его уродство и физические недостатки с помощью гормональной терапии. И вот Престо выходит из клиники Цорна — вполне симпатичный молодой человек. Но теперь его не узнаёт даже собственный слуга и просто не впускает в дом. А что дальше? Нужен ли этому миру новый Престо?
192 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1940
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Alexander Belyaev
294 books198 followersAlexander Romanovich Belyaev (Russian: Александр Беляев); born 16 March 1884 in Smolensk, Russian Empire; died 6 January 1942 in Pushkin, USSR]
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (Голова Профессора Доуэля) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
Born in Smolensk, at the age of 30 Alexander became ill with tuberculosis. Treatment was unsuccessful; the infection spread to his spine and resulted in paralysis of the legs. Belyayev suffered constant pain and was paralysed for six years. In search for the right treatment he moved to Yalta together with his mother and old nanny. During his convalescence, he read the work of Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and began to write poetry in his hospital bed.
By 1922 he had overcome the disease and in 1923 returned to Moscow where he began his serious literary activity as writer of science fiction novels. In 1925 his first novel, Professor Dowell's Head (Голова Профессора Доуэля) was published. From 1931 he lived in Leningrad with his wife and oldest daughter; his youngest daughter died of meningitis in 1930, aged six. In Leningrad he met H. G. Wells, who visited the USSR in 1934.
In the last years of his life Belyaev lived in the Leningrad suburb of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo). At the beginning of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during Second World War he refused to evacuate because he was recovering after an operation that he had undergone a few months earlier.
Belyayev died of hunger in the Soviet town of Pushkin in 1942 while it was occupied by the Nazis. His wife and daughter, who managed to survive, were taken away to Poland by the Nazis. The exact location of his grave is unknown. A memorial stone at the Kazanskoe cemetery in the town of Pushkin is placed on the mass grave where his body is assumed to be buried.
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February 24, 2022
Quyển nào của Alexander Belyaev cũng hay và ý nghĩa.
Các ẩn ý được cài cắm khéo léo, và lại cả đủ khéo để người đọc hiểu và cảm.
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October 25, 2021
I was a child when I've read this. I've found the first part entertaining, the second... less so. I was surprised and puzzled by the communism in it.
See, it's all about this actor (mexican?) that's ugly and deformed as hell. Hugely successful, too, as the public finds his ugliness funny. One day he decides to correct the nature's errors -- and be rebuilt wholesale in a miracle plastic surgery clinic.
He's a young, dashing don juan now. The career is in question though, as he's great asset, his ugly face, is no more. Not a problem! The solution: a colhoz. In the movie industry no less, an enterprise where the employee-associates are not paid for what they bring to the game, but by what they need. It turns out that was exactly what was missing in public entertaining, and after an unsteady start, the success comes thunderous.
See, it's all about this actor (mexican?) that's ugly and deformed as hell. Hugely successful, too, as the public finds his ugliness funny. One day he decides to correct the nature's errors -- and be rebuilt wholesale in a miracle plastic surgery clinic.
He's a young, dashing don juan now. The career is in question though, as he's great asset, his ugly face, is no more. Not a problem! The solution: a colhoz. In the movie industry no less, an enterprise where the employee-associates are not paid for what they bring to the game, but by what they need. It turns out that was exactly what was missing in public entertaining, and after an unsteady start, the success comes thunderous.
April 3, 2022
Интересное перерсмысление «Человека, потерявшего свое лицо». И на удивление осень современно, не смотря на рассуждения о товариществах и красном движении.
November 26, 2016
Վերջապես հիշեցի էս գրքի վերնագիրը, կարդացել եմ 12 տարեկանում, պատմությունը լավ հիշում էի, վերնագիրը մոտ 3 տարի մտքիս չէր գալիս ^_^
January 18, 2020
Rất hay. Đoạn cuối rất Liên Xô, rất Tuyên Giáo. Nhưng đấy chính là cái hồn của nó. Giờ thì chẳng có sách nào kết được như thế cả!
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