Причуды памяти

Ėtu knigu Daniila Granina nelʹzi͡a otnesti k kakomu-libo literaturnomu zhanru, v neĭ on otstupil ot svoeĭ privychnoĭ stilistiki. Kniga-razmyshlenie napisana v forme kratkikh zametok, okhvatyvai͡ushchikh promezhutok vremeni ot kont͡sa 30-kh do nashikh dneĭ. V ėtikh izi͡ashchnykh novellakh avtoru udalosʹ peredatʹ gnetushchui͡u atmosferu poslevoennykh 40-kh godov i eë vozdeĭstvie na chelovecheskie sudʹby. Besposhchadny ego masterskie "shtrikhi", risui͡ushchie sovremennui͡u deĭstvitelʹnostʹ. Vazhnye serʹëznye veshchi peremezhai͡utsi͡a zametkami iz zapisnykh knizhek ob uvidennom i uslyshannom - nelepom, smeshnom, anekdotichnom…

This book by Daniil Granin can not be attributed to any literary genre, in it he retreated from his usual style. The book-reflection is written in the form of brief notes covering the period from the late 30s to the present day. In these elegant novels, the author managed to convey the oppressive atmosphere of the post-war 40s and its impact on human destinies. Merciless are his masterful "strokes" that draw modern reality. Important serious things are interspersed with notes from notebooks about what they saw and heard-ridiculous, funny, anecdotal…