Око Голиафа

Priti͡agatelʹnyĭ, slozhno organizovannyĭ, ėksperimentalʹnyĭ roman-labirint, napisannyĭ v luchshikh tradit͡sii͡akh amerikanskikh klassikov XX-go veka. Deĭstvie "Oka Goliafa" razvorachivaetsi͡a srazu posle Pervoĭ mirovoĭ voĭny, razrushitelʹnoĭ volnoĭ pronessheĭsi͡a po miru. Roman povestvuet o psikhiatre i ego pat͡siente, chudom vyzhivshem, ostavshisʹ v odinochestve na mai͡ake posredi zhestokogo, bushui͡ushchego mori͡a. V nasilʹstvennoĭ i zhestokoĭ svi͡azi, kotorai͡a ustanavlivaetsi͡a mezhdu nimi, stirai͡utsi͡a granit͡sy mezhdu zdravomysliem i bezumiem, mezhdu dobrom i zlom. Mut͡st͡sio sozdal roman, osnovannyĭ na klassicheskikh si͡uzhetakh i originalʹnyĭ po svoeĭ strukture, sobrav v nem samye raznye zhanry: ot traveloga do ispovedi. Na stranit͡sakh ėtoĭ knigi zvuchat otgoloski Borkhesa i Okampo, proslezhivaetsi͡a sverkhʺestestvennai͡a tradit͡sii͡a Stivensona i Po, no pri ėtom "Oko Goliafa" ostaetsi͡a gluboko psikhologicheskim proizvedeniem o sushchnosti cheloveka, prirode zhestokosti i o tom, kakoĭ otpechatok na nas nakladyvaet voĭna.

An attractive, complexly organized, experimental novel-maze, written in the best traditions of the American classics of the 20th century. The action of "The Eye of Goliath" takes place immediately after the First World War, which swept through the world like a destructive wave. The novel tells the story of a psychiatrist and his patient, who miraculously survived, left alone in a lighthouse in the middle of a violent, raging sea. In the violent and cruel bond that is established between them, the boundaries between sanity and madness, between good and evil, are blurred. Muzzio created a novel based on classic plots and original in its structure, bringing together a variety of genres in it: from travelogue to confession. There are echoes of Borges and Ocampo on the pages of this book, the supernatural tradition of Stevenson and Poe is traced, but at the same time "The Eye of Goliath" remains a deeply psychological work about the essence of man, the nature of cruelty and the imprint of war on us.