Это было давно. Путешествия. Дневники. Воспоминания

Pered vami - kniga iz dvukh chasteĭ, obʺedinennykh temoĭ stranstviĭ.V pervoĭ chasti - dnevnik rasskaz neznakomki Serebri͡anogo veka o puteshestvii po Evrope. Osobyĭ stroĭ mysleĭ, i͡azyk, vosprii͡atie povsednevnosti prekrasno zafiksirovany v ėtom oskolke proshlogo i osobenno ostro vosprinimai͡utsi͡a sto let spusti͡a, kogda nastolʹko izmenilasʹ zhiznʹ, nravy, rechʹ i vosprii͡atie mira. Kogda, pochemu, zachem ėtot dnevnik okazalsi͡a v dome aktrisy, v chem smysl i taĭna ego nezavershennosti i anonimnosti - my mozhem tolʹko gadatʹ.Vtorai͡a chastʹ - putevye zametki i dnevniki samoĭ Ally Demidovoĭ, rasskazy o ee poezdkakh, vstrechakh s interesnymi li͡udʹmi, rabote s vydai͡ushchimisi͡a rezhisserami.Sochetanie bezymi͡annogo teksta vekovoĭ davnosti s zhivymi vpechatlenii͡ami nashikh sovremennikov ne prosto soedini͡aet razorvannye istorieĭ ėpokhi, no i zastavli͡aet inache vzgli͡anutʹ na mnogie uzhe privychnye i khorosho znakomye nam mesta, veshchi, i͡avlenii͡a. Vremi͡a nelʹzi͡a ostanovitʹ, no ego mozhno zafiksirovatʹ.

Here is a book in two parts, united by the theme of wanderings.In the first part there is a diary of a Silver Age stranger's story about a trip to Europe. A special way of thinking, language, and perception of everyday life are perfectly fixed in this fragment of the past and are especially acutely perceived a hundred years later, when life, morals, speech, and perception of the world have changed so much. When, why, why this diary ended up in the actress's house, what is the meaning and mystery of its incompleteness and anonymity — we can only guess.The second part is the travel notes and diaries of Alla Demidova herself, stories about her trips, meetings with interesting people, and work with outstanding directors.The combination of an unnamed text from a century ago with the vivid impressions of our contemporaries not only connects eras torn apart by history, but also makes us look at many places, things, and phenomena that are already familiar and familiar to us in a different way. Time cannot be stopped, but it can be fixed.