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Несколько печальных дней
В книгу одного из крупнейших мастеров русской советской прозы Василия Гроссмана (1905 – 1964) вошли почти все лучшие произведения, созданные писателем за тридцать лет творческой деятельности, ставшие уже библиографической редкостью («Четыре дня», «В городе Бердичеве», «Повесть о любви», «Тиргартен» и др.).
Уважением к человеку, осмыслением глубинных точек человеческой жизни пронизаны впервые издаваемые рассказы. Их отличает ощущение праздничности бытия при всех его теневых сторонах. Достоинство прозы писателя – богатство и пластичность языка, стремление к афористически насыщенному слову, тонкий психологизм, подлинно высокий драматизм повествования. В. Гроссман – автор и посмертно изданного романа «Жизнь и судьба», который по глубине и масштабности является одной из серьезнейших работ последнего времени.
Уважением к человеку, осмыслением глубинных точек человеческой жизни пронизаны впервые издаваемые рассказы. Их отличает ощущение праздничности бытия при всех его теневых сторонах. Достоинство прозы писателя – богатство и пластичность языка, стремление к афористически насыщенному слову, тонкий психологизм, подлинно высокий драматизм повествования. В. Гроссман – автор и посмертно изданного романа «Жизнь и судьба», который по глубине и масштабности является одной из серьезнейших работ последнего времени.
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431 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1934
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March 1, 2024
И вот, именно теперь, в эти минуты, во время дождя, и в царствие другой тишине, все это было и романтично и немножко грустно. Серая плотная мгла лежит над огромным пространством и бесконечно горько уверенно ожидая перемены и новой судьбы.
Повесть о любви ⭐️
Авель (Шестого августа) ⭐️
Лось ⭐️
Тиргартен ⭐️
Повесть о любви ⭐️
Авель (Шестого августа) ⭐️
Лось ⭐️
Тиргартен ⭐️
October 27, 2012
A foreigner who misses a lot of the nuance when reading in Russian is not the right person to review this book ("A Few Sad Days"), a collection of mostly short stories. I'm going to give it a shot anyway.
The first story, Четыре дня (Four Days), which is set behind the lines during the Polish-Soviet war of 1920-21, impressed me with its multi-layered and almost affectionate portrayal of variously flawed human beings, non-judgmental even towards those who beliefs don't agree with Grossman's. This hallmark love of life, as the introduction points out, runs through the entire book.
The other stories written in the 1930's and 1940's suffer from a dose of "socialist realism", though I don't doubt Grossman's sincerity and for me, at least, some of them provided an interesting perspective on the era. They also set a trend, in that even when the author gets his own voice fully back the later narratives labour rather too hard to make a point. What saves the book is that Grossman's "points" are almost always good ones.
The epitome of this is the barely one-page Жилица (She Lived Here), about an elderly woman freed from the gulag during the 'thaw' who lives less than a week in a Moscow communal apartment before passing away, essentially unnoticed by her neighbors, who show equally little interest in the notice that arrives some time later, 'pardoning' her deceased husband as well. As a story Жилица is trivial; as a heartfelt reflection on the irreparable tragedy of Stalinism it is spot on.
Two non-fiction compositions at the end of the book are also worthy of mention. In "The Sistine Madonna" Grossman is overwhelmed by the Raphael painting, which he associates with the mothers and children heading to extinction at Treblinka - and human tragedy in general. Like На вечном покое ("In Eternal Peace"), a nitty-gritty reflection on the life that lies behind a cemetery, it underscores his fundamental love of humanity and indeed of life itself, as demonstrated in part by his frequent use of animal characters - "Tiergarten" about the Berlin Zoo in May 1945 is particularly memorable.
Grossman's faith in our indestructible humanity is no small thing for a man who lived through 20th century Russia. It makes him worth reading.
The first story, Четыре дня (Four Days), which is set behind the lines during the Polish-Soviet war of 1920-21, impressed me with its multi-layered and almost affectionate portrayal of variously flawed human beings, non-judgmental even towards those who beliefs don't agree with Grossman's. This hallmark love of life, as the introduction points out, runs through the entire book.
The other stories written in the 1930's and 1940's suffer from a dose of "socialist realism", though I don't doubt Grossman's sincerity and for me, at least, some of them provided an interesting perspective on the era. They also set a trend, in that even when the author gets his own voice fully back the later narratives labour rather too hard to make a point. What saves the book is that Grossman's "points" are almost always good ones.
The epitome of this is the barely one-page Жилица (She Lived Here), about an elderly woman freed from the gulag during the 'thaw' who lives less than a week in a Moscow communal apartment before passing away, essentially unnoticed by her neighbors, who show equally little interest in the notice that arrives some time later, 'pardoning' her deceased husband as well. As a story Жилица is trivial; as a heartfelt reflection on the irreparable tragedy of Stalinism it is spot on.
Two non-fiction compositions at the end of the book are also worthy of mention. In "The Sistine Madonna" Grossman is overwhelmed by the Raphael painting, which he associates with the mothers and children heading to extinction at Treblinka - and human tragedy in general. Like На вечном покое ("In Eternal Peace"), a nitty-gritty reflection on the life that lies behind a cemetery, it underscores his fundamental love of humanity and indeed of life itself, as demonstrated in part by his frequent use of animal characters - "Tiergarten" about the Berlin Zoo in May 1945 is particularly memorable.
Grossman's faith in our indestructible humanity is no small thing for a man who lived through 20th century Russia. It makes him worth reading.
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