Юные годы. Путь Шеннона

Romannai͡a dilogii͡a shotlandskogo pisateli͡a Archibalʹda Kronina "I͡Unye gody" (1944) i "Putʹ Shennona" (1948) vo mnogom avtobiografichna. Ranni͡ai͡a smertʹ roditeleĭ vynuzhdaet shestiletnego Roberta Shennona iskatʹ prii͡ut v dome rodstvennikov, kotorye nachinai͡ut sopernichatʹ drug s drugom za vlii͡anie na malʹchika. Trudnosti vzroslenii͡a, konflikty so sverstnikami, pervai͡a druzhba i pervoe predatelʹstvo, bednostʹ, prinadlezhnostʹ k katolicheskomu religioznomu menʹshinstvu i, kak sledstvie, kosye vzgli͡ady okruzhai͡ushchikh - vsë ėto dovedëtsi͡a ispytatʹ Robertu v ego detskie i otrocheskie gody. Odnako, t͡seleustremlënnyĭ i upornyĭ, on nakhodit v sebe sily sokhranitʹ vernostʹ svoim uvlechenii͡am i chestoli͡ubivym mechtam, vyrvatʹsi͡a iz tesnogo dli͡a nego provint͡sialʹnogo mirka, osoznatʹ svoë nauchnoe prizvanie i sdelatʹ pervye shagi v professii. Vo vtorom romane dilogii Robert - molodoĭ ambit͡sioznyĭ vrach-infekt͡sionist, nedavno vernuvshiĭsi͡a s voĭny, rabotai͡ushchiĭ v nauchno-issledovatelʹskom institute i stoi͡ashchiĭ na poroge ėtapnogo otkrytii͡a v oblasti bakteriologii - stalkivaetsi͡a s zavistʹi͡u kolleg i bi͡urokraticheskimi intrigami, i, ne umei͡a idti na kompromissy, teri͡aet mesto i vynuzhdenno stanovitsi͡a praktikui͡ushchim vrachom, parallelʹno prodolzhai͡a svoi izyskanii͡a. Emu takzhe prikhoditsi͡a proĭti ispytanie li͡ubovʹi͡u k krasivoĭ i umnoĭ Dzhin Lou, chʹë blagopoluchnoe i obespechennoe budushchee, raspisannoe naperëd eë roditeli͡ami, posle vstrechi s Robertom uzhe ne mozhet bytʹ prezhnim…

The novel dilogy of the Scottish writer Archibald Cronin " the Young years "(1944) and" the Way of Shannon " (1948) is largely autobiographical. The early death of his parents forces six-year-old Robert Shannon to seek shelter in the home of relatives who begin to vie with each other for influence over the boy. The difficulties of growing up, conflicts with peers, the first friendship and the first betrayal, poverty, belonging to the Catholic religious minority and, as a result, the sidelong glances of others-all this will happen to experience Robert in his childhood and adolescence. However, purposeful and persistent, he finds the strength to remain faithful to his Hobbies and ambitious dreams, to escape from the narrow provincial world for him, to realize his scientific vocation and take the first steps in the profession. In the second novel of the dilogy, Robert-a young ambitious infectious disease doctor, recently returned from the war, working in a research Institute and standing on the threshold of a milestone discovery in the field of bacteriology-is faced with the envy of colleagues and bureaucratic intrigues, and, unable to compromise, loses his place and is forced to become a practicing doctor, while continuing his research. He also has to pass the test of love for the beautiful and intelligent Jean Lowe, whose safe and secure future, painted in advance by her parents, after meeting with Robert can no longer be the same…