Дорога Одинокого Пса

I͡Uzhnai͡a Dakota, zasushlivoe leto 1950 goda. Po nochnoĭ prerii skvozʹ tʹmu mchitsi͡a tovarnyĭ poezd, v odnom iz vagonov kotorogo pri͡achutsi͡a dva malʹchika-lakota - Ruben i Levi. Oni sbezhali iz doma i teperʹ skryvai͡utsi͡a ot pravitelʹstvennogo agenta, kotoryĭ dolzhen otvezti Rubena v indeĭskui͡u shkolu-internat. Po schastlivoĭ sluchaĭnosti, im vstrechaetsi͡a cheta Steĭnbakh. Zaruchivshisʹ ikh podderzhkoĭ, Ruben i Levi reshai͡ut otpravitʹsi͡a cherez beskraĭnie ravniny k kamenolomni͡am v zapadnoĭ Minnesote, chtoby dobytʹ kamenʹ dli͡a novoĭ svi͡ashchennoĭ trubki svoego pradeda. Vedʹ ta li͡ubimai͡a trubka, kotorui͡u Odinokie Psy peredavali iz pokolenii͡a v pokolenie, byla bezzhalostno razbita tem samym agentom, kotoryĭ presleduet ikh. Vperedi u malʹchikov bolʹshoe puteshestvie - trevozhnoe, opasnoe. No v to zhe vremi͡a ono pozvolit im mnogoe uvidetʹ i mnogoe poni͡atʹ, v tom chisle kak zemli͡a formiruet li͡udeĭ, kotorye zhivut, li͡ubi͡at, mechtai͡ut i umirai͡ut na neĭ. Istorii͡a, chto nachinalasʹ kak pogoni͡a, prevrashchaetsi͡a v slozhnui͡u dramu peresekai͡ushchikhsi͡a sudeb, gde kazhdomu geroi͡u predstoit raskrytʹ svoe serdt͡se, prostitʹ sebi͡a i nakonet͡s obresti dom. "Doroga Odinokogo Psa" - odnovremenno i zakhvatyvai͡ushchiĭ roman vzroslenii͡a, i atmosfernyĭ roud-buk pro dvukh malʹchikov-indeĭt͡sev, otpravli͡ai͡ushchikhsi͡a v opasnoe puteshestvie. Ėto istorii͡a o sostradanii i iskuplenii, izobilui͡ushchai͡a mnozhestvom personazheĭ, kotorykh malʹchiki vstrechai͡ut na svoem puti, issleduet potaennye ugolki chelovecheskogo serdt͡sa i pokazyvaet, naskolʹko vazhno bytʹ chestnym, prezhde vsego s samim soboĭ. Ėto glubokai͡a zarubezhnai͡a proza, v kotoroĭ lichnai͡a drama perepletaetsi͡a s istorieĭ i kulʹturoĭ korennykh narodov Ameriki. Kniga raskryvaet tradit͡sii lakota, ikh mify, obri͡ady i otnoshenie k zemle, prevrashchai͡a povestvovanie v redkiĭ po atmosfere istoricheskiĭ roman o poiske identichnosti i pami͡ati. Tem, kto ishchet knigi pro indeĭt͡sev i vdumchivye zarubezhnye romany s kulʹturnym kontekstom, ėta khudozhestvennai͡a literatura podarit vnimatelʹnoe pogruzhenie v istorii͡u Ameriki cherez sudʹby li͡udeĭ.

South Dakota, the dry summer of 1950. A freight train rushes across the night prairie through the darkness, in one of the carriages of which two Lakota boys, Ruben and Levi, are hiding. They ran away from home and are now hiding from a government agent who is supposed to take Ruben to an Indian boarding school. By a happy coincidence, they meet the Steinbach couple. With their support, Ruben and Levi decide to travel across the vast plains to the quarries in western Minnesota to get stone for their great-grandfather's new sacred pipe. After all, that beloved pipe that the Lonely Dogs had passed down from generation to generation was ruthlessly smashed by the very agent who was stalking them. The boys have a long journey ahead of them — an anxious, dangerous one. But at the same time, it will allow them to see and understand a lot, including how the earth shapes the people who live, love, dream and die on it. The story that began as a chase turns into a complex drama of intersecting destinies, where each character has to open his heart, forgive himself and finally find a home. "Lonely Dog Road" is both an exciting coming-of-age novel and an atmospheric road book about two Indian boys embarking on a dangerous journey. This is a story of compassion and redemption, replete with many characters that the boys meet along the way, explores the hidden corners of the human heart and shows how important it is to be honest, first of all with yourself. This is a deep foreign prose in which personal drama is intertwined with the history and culture of the indigenous peoples of America. The book reveals the Lakota traditions, their myths, rituals and attitudes towards the land, turning the narrative into a rare historical novel about the search for identity and memory. For those who are looking for books about Indians and thoughtful foreign novels with a cultural context, this fiction will provide an attentive immersion into the history of America through the fate of people.