Дружелюбные

Proisshestvie na semeĭnom prazdnike Sharifa i Nazii moglo zakonchitʹsi͡a tragedieĭ, esli by ne vmeshatelʹstvo soseda, pozhilogo vracha po imeni doktor Spinster. Pered vami istorii͡a neskolʹkikh desi͡atiletiĭ iz zhizni dvukh semeĭ: universitetskogo prepodavateli͡a, priekhavshego v angliĭskiĭ gorod Sheffild radi novykh vozmozhnosteĭ - ili bezhavshego ot diktatury i neminuemoĭ opasnosti? - i britanskogo vracha i ego chetverykh vzroslykh deteĭ. V romane "Druzheli͡ubnye" Filipp Khensher rassuzhdaet na kak nikogda ostrye temy: krizis semʹi, grazhdanskie voĭny v stranakh tretʹego mira, vosprii͡atie drugogo cheloveka, s inym zhiznennym opytom i vozzrenii͡ami. Ėta kniga o tom, chto po-nastoi͡ashchemu razdeli͡aet li͡udeĭ - t͡svet kozhi ili zhe obrazovanie, mirovozzrenie ili urovenʹ zhizni? O tom, na chto chelovek gotov radi blizhnego svoego, na kakie podvigi i prestuplenii͡a.

The incident at the family holiday of Sharif and Nazia could have ended in tragedy if not for the intervention of a neighbor, an elderly doctor named Dr. Spinster. Here is the story of several decades in the life of two families: a university lecturer who came to the English city of Sheffield for new opportunities - or who fled from dictatorship and imminent danger? - and a British doctor and his four adult children. In the novel "Friendly", Philip Hensher discusses more acute topics than ever: the family crisis, civil wars in third world countries, the perception of another person with a different life experience and views. This book is about what really divides people — skin color or education, worldview or standard of living? About what a person is ready for for the sake of his neighbor, for what exploits and crimes.