Браки между Зонами Три, Четыре и Пять...

Tvorchestvo Doris Lessing (r. 1919) voistinu mnogogranno, sredi ee sochineniĭ proizvedenii͡a, prinadlezhashchie k samym raznym zhanram: ot antikolonialʹnykh romanov do filosofskoĭ fantastiki. Roman "Braki mezhdu Zonami Tri, Chetyre i Pi͡atʹ" prodolzhaet znamenityĭ "kosmicheskiĭ" t͡sikl "Kanopus v Argose: Arkhivy", v kotoryĭ vkhodi͡at pi͡atʹ proizvedeniĭ, povestvui͡ushchikh o protivoborstve trekh krupneĭshikh kosmicheskikh imperiĭ - Kanopusa, Siriusa i Puttiory. V ėtoĭ knige Doris Lessing, iskusno sochetai͡a ėlementy mifa i nauchnoĭ fantastiki, v allegoricheskoĭ forme rasskazyvaet o tom, chto mozhet proizoĭti pri slii͡anii zhenskogo i muzhskogo nachal v kraĭnem ikh voploshchenii. Krotkai͡a zhenstvennai͡a koroleva Ėl-It, upravli͡ai͡ushchai͡a miroli͡ubivym prot͡svetai͡ushchim gosudarstvom, vstupaet v brak s volevym zhestokim monarkhom po imeni Ben Ata, vozglavli͡ai͡ushchim voenizirovannui͡u imperii͡u, i ėtot alʹi͡ans ugrozhaet kataklizmami vseĭ galaktike… "I͡A ne ustai͡u povtori͡atʹ, chto nauchnai͡a fantastika, kosmicheskai͡a fantastika - samai͡a svoeobraznai͡a otraslʹ literatury, zhanr naibolee izobretatelʹnyĭ i ostroumnyĭ. Fantastika ozhivila literaturu voobshche. " Doris Lessing.

The work of Doris Lessing (b. 1919) is truly multifaceted, among her works are works belonging to a wide variety of genres: from anti-colonial novels to philosophical fiction. The novel "Marriages between Zones Three, Four and Five" continues the famous "cosmic" cycle "Canopus in Argos: Archives", which includes five works about the confrontation of the three largest space empires - Canopus, Sirius and Puttiora. In this book, Doris Lessing, artfully combining elements of myth and science fiction, talks in an allegorical form about what can happen when the feminine and masculine principles merge in their extreme embodiment. The gentle, feminine queen El-It, who runs a peaceful, prosperous state, marries a strong-willed, cruel monarch named Ben Ata, who heads a paramilitary empire, and this alliance threatens the entire galaxy with cataclysms... "I never tire of repeating that science fiction, space fiction is the most peculiar branch of literature, the genre is the most inventive and witty. Fiction has revitalized literature in general. "Doris Lessing.