СОБАКА ЗДОРОВА. Рассказы о моей жизни в Советском Союзе

Ėta kniga Soni Vesterkholʹt - sbornik vospominaniĭ o zhizni v Sovetskom Soi͡uze, kotoryĭ raskryvaet lichnye i istoricheskie sobytii͡a cherez prizmu semeĭnykh istoriĭ i kulʹturnogo konteksta.T͡Sentralʹnai͡a tema knigi - stolknovenie s sistemoĭ, kotorai͡a vmeshivaetsi͡a v lichnui͡u zhiznʹ geroev. Vospominanii͡a okhvatyvai͡ut kli͡uchevye momenty iz detstva i i͡unosti avtora: davlenie KGB, absurdnostʹ sovetskoĭ bi͡urokratii i bytovye realii kommunalʹnykh kvartir. Kniga peredaet atmosferu ėpokhi cherez semeĭnye istorii, proniknutye i͡umorom, gorechʹi͡u i vospominanii͡ami o geroizme i stradanii͡akh.Glavnye ėpizody vkli͡uchai͡ut opisanii͡a khitroumnogo soprotivlenii͡a vlasti i ironichnye detali povsednevnoĭ zhizni. Nazvanie knigi otsylaet k odnoĭ iz istoriĭ, v kotoroĭ korotkoe soobshchenie, soobshchai͡ushchee o zdorovʹe sobaki, stanovitsi͡a simvolom pobedy nad strakhom i absurdom.T͡SITATY IZ KNIGI"Moi͡a mama odnazhdy sʺela koshku, i i͡a vsi͡u zhiznʹ pytalasʹ predstavitʹ, kak ėtu koshku ubivali."______________________________"15 fevrali͡a 1957 goda mne bylo dvenadt͡satʹ let. Zvali meni͡a togda Sofa Drissen. Pozzhe, kogda i͡a uzhe pereekhala v Kopengagen, i͡a uznala, chto po-datski "sofa" &mdash ėto divan. Divan Drissen. Nu, a s uchetom togo, chto familii͡a Drissen ochenʹ pokhozha na slovo "dristatʹ", slozhno bylo uderzhatʹsi͡a ot soblazna i ne dovesti do kont͡sa t͡sepochku assot͡siat͡siĭ. Zadristannyĭ Divan. Pozvolʹte otrekomendovatʹsi͡a: Zadristannyĭ Divan."______________________________"Muzh vozvrashchaetsi͡a domoĭ, zastaet zhenu v posteli s li͡ubovnikom i v i͡arosti sobiraetsi͡a s nim raspravitʹsi͡a. Zhena vstaet mezhdu nimi i krichit: "Ne smeĭ! On videl Lenina!"______________________________"Byl denʹ, kogda u nasheĭ semʹi poi͡avilsi͡a deviz. "Sobaka zdorova!" &mdash obʺi͡avli͡ali my vsi͡akiĭ raz, kogda vyi͡asni͡alosʹ, chto gorizont chist i boi͡atʹsi͡a nechego."SODERZhANIEKak zakali͡alasʹ stalʹKoshkin denʹSobaka zdorovaLolita TorresZadristannyĭ Divan na krylʹi͡akh istoriiSeks v SSSRAleshaKaliningradZapakh taĭgiSosiski s tushenoĭ kapustoĭPiknik na obochinePoslednee letoSchastlivai͡a smertʹMoĭ otet͡sV raĭ s peresadkoĭTEATRALʹNAI͡A POSTANOVKA: Po ėtoĭ knige napisana i postavlena pʹesa-monolog "Sobaka zdorova", kotorai͡a po reĭtingu CPH-CULTURE poluchila status "Luchshai͡a datskai͡a pʹesa 2014 goda".OTZYVY V SMI:"VELIKOLEPNOE OPISANIE ZhIZNI V SOVETSKOM SOI͡UZE!" Georg Mets, Information, ezhednevnai͡a datskai͡a gazeta.SPONSORY I PARTNERY:Kniga izdana pri finansovoĭ podderzhke Gosfonda iskusstv Danii Danish Arts Foundation.Nad knigoĭ rabotaliRedaktor: Soni͡a VesterkholʹtPerevod s datskogo na russkiĭ: I͡Ana Palekhova Ki͡ustTekhnicheskai͡a redakt͡sii͡a: E. TonkovaOformlenie i dizaĭn knigi: N. Abelʹi͡anDizaĭn oblozhki: V. ShalitoIlli͡ustrat͡sii: Aleksandr Florenskiĭ

This book by Sonya Westerholt is a collection of memoirs about life in the Soviet Union, which reveals personal and historical events through the prism of family stories and cultural context.The central theme of the book is the encounter with a system that interferes with the personal lives of the characters. The memoirs cover key moments from the author's childhood and youth: the pressure of the KGB, the absurdity of the Soviet bureaucracy and the everyday realities of communal apartments. The book conveys the atmosphere of the era through family stories imbued with humor, bitterness and memories of heroism and suffering.The main episodes include descriptions of cunning resistance to power and ironic details of everyday life. The title of the book refers to one of the stories in which a short message informing about the dog's health becomes a symbol of victory over fear and absurdity.QUOTES FROM THE BOOK“My mom once ate a cat, and all my life I've been trying to imagine how this cat was killed.”______________________________“15 In February 1957, I was twelve years old. My name was Sofa Driessen then. Later, when I moved to Copenhagen, I found out that in Danish "sofa" is a sofa. The sofa is Driessen. Well, considering that the surname Driessen is very similar to the word "dristat", it was difficult to resist the temptation and not complete the chain of associations. A battered Sofa. Let me introduce myself: A worn-out sofa.”______________________________“The husband returns home, finds his wife in bed with her lover and is furious about to kill him. His wife gets between them and shouts, "Don't you dare! He saw Lenin!”______________________________“There was a day when our family had a motto. "The dog is healthy!" we announced whenever it turned out that the horizon was clear and there was nothing to be afraid of."The upkeep of how a man's day was tempered by a man's health, Anita Torres, a Christian Sofa on the wings of history, in the USSR, in the Leningrad region, sausages with stewed cabbage, a picnic on the side of the road, the last summer, a happy death, a paradise with a transplant Theatrical PRODUCTION: Based on this book, the monologue play "The Dog is Healthy" was written and staged, which, according to the CPH-CULTURE rating, received the status of "The Best Danish Play of 2014".MEDIA REVIEWS:"A MAGNIFICENT DESCRIPTION OF LIFE IN THE SOVIET UNION!" by Georg Mets, Information, a daily Danish newspaper.SPONSORS AND PARTNERS:The book was published with the financial support of the Danish State Fund for the Arts, the Danish Arts Foundation.The book was edited by Sonja Westerholttranslation from Danish into Russian: Yana Palekhova Technical editorial: E. Tonkova Book design and design: N. Abelyand Cover design: V. Shalitoillustration: Alexander Florensky