Невыполненное обещание. Берлинские рассказы

"Nevypolnennoe obeshchanie" - ėto sbornik rasskazov berlinskogo pisateli͡a-ėmigranta Igori͡a Shestkova, v kotorykh kli͡uchevym fonom povestvovanii͡a sluzhit Berlin - gorod, v kotorom avtor zhivet uzhe okolo chetverti stoletii͡a.Tvorchestvo Igori͡a Shestkova (ego nastoi͡ashchee i edinstvennoe imi͡a - Igor Heinrich Schestkow) - samobytnoe i͡avlenie v sovremennoĭ literature russkogo zarubezhʹi͡a, sochetai͡ushchee v sebe si͡urrealizm, zhestkiĭ grotesk, metafizicheskui͡u prozu i ėskhatologicheskie motivy.Uekhav iz Moskvy v Germanii͡u v 1990 godu, Shestkov dolgoe vremi͡a zanimalsi͡a grafikoĭ, no v kont͡se devi͡anostykh perestal risovatʹ, poskolʹku poni͡al, chto ego iskusstvo ne vostrebovano. Pisatʹ khudozhestvennui͡u prozu on nachal tolʹko v kont͡se 2003 goda. Dolgoe zani͡atie grafikoĭ, odnako, vo mnogom opredelilo vizualʹnui͡u plastiku i obraznostʹ ego tekstov. On utverzhdaet, chto prodolzhaet risovatʹ, tolʹko ne perom ili aėrografom, a bukvami, slovami i predlozhenii͡ami.V proizvedenii͡akh Shestkova tragizm chelovecheskogo sushchestvovanii͡a tesno perepletaetsi͡a s edkoĭ ironieĭ i sarkazmom. Strashnyĭ, fantasmagoricheskiĭ mir obnazhaet svoi͡u "narisovannostʹ" i "kukolʹnostʹ", chto ne pozvoli͡aet uzhasu statʹ absoli͡utno bezyskhodnym (Ivan Tolstoĭ).Vazhnoe mesto v tekstakh Shestkova zanimai͡ut motivy raspada, uvi͡adanii͡a, starenii͡a i krushenii͡a privychnogo mira. Sam on nazyvaet miry svoikh rasskazov "mnimymi", "metafizicheskimi" ili "magicheskimi" prostranstvami.Proza Igori͡a Shestkova, pri vseĭ ee kazhushcheĭsi͡a prostote, orientirovana na iskushennogo chitateli͡a, gotovogo k intellektualʹnoĭ igre, poluchai͡ushchego udovolʹstvie ot uznavanii͡a kulʹturnykh kodov i pogruzhenii͡a v mrachnui͡u, no zavorazhivai͡ushchui͡u metafiziku._____________Igorʹ Shestkov (Igor Heinrich Schestkow) - avtor psikhodelicheskikh rasskazov i ėsse ob iskusstve. Rodilsi͡a v Moskve v 1956 godu. V 1990 godu ėmigriroval v Germanii͡u. Zhivet v Berline.

Unfulfilled Promise is a collection of short stories by Berlin-based emigrant writer Igor Shestkov, in which Berlin, the city where the author has lived for about a quarter of a century, serves as a key backdrop for the narrative.The work of Igor Shestkov (his real and only name is Igor Heinrich Schestkow) is an original phenomenon in modern literature of the Russian diaspora, combining surrealism, harsh grotesque, metaphysical prose and eschatological motifs.After leaving Moscow for Germany in 1990, Shestkov studied graphics for a long time, but in the late nineties he stopped drawing because he realized that his art was not in demand. He started writing fiction only at the end of 2003. However, his long occupation with graphics largely determined the visual plasticity and imagery of his texts. He claims that he continues to draw, not with a pen or an airbrush, but with letters, words and sentences.In Shestkov's works, the tragedy of human existence is closely intertwined with caustic irony and sarcasm. A scary, phantasmagorical world exposes its "painted" and "doll-like" nature, which does not allow horror to become absolutely hopeless (Ivan Tolstoy).An important place in Shestkov's texts is occupied by motifs of decay, decay, aging and the collapse of the familiar world. He himself calls the worlds of his stories "imaginary", "metaphysical" or "magical" spaces.Igor Shestkov's prose, for all its apparent simplicity, is aimed at a sophisticated reader who is ready for intellectual play, who enjoys learning cultural codes and immersing himself in dark but fascinating metaphysics._____________Igor Heinrich Schestkow is an author of psychedelic short stories and essays about art. Born in Moscow in 1956. In 1990, he emigrated to Germany. He lives in Berlin.