Ак Буре. Крымскотатарская сага.

Zhiznʹ trekh pokoleniĭ krymskotatarskoĭ semʹi, o kotoroĭ rasskazyvaetsi͡a v romane "Ak Bure", nerazryvno svi͡azana s vazhneĭshimi sobytii͡ami v istorii Rossii i Kryma v chastnosti. Ėto Velikai͡a Otechestvennai͡a voĭna, deportat͡sii͡a krymskikh tatar i ikh borʹba za vozvrashchenie na rodinu. I, nakonet͡s, "russkai͡a vesna" 2014 g.Avtoru udalosʹ organichno soedinitʹ, kazalosʹ by, nesovmestimye veshchi: ostrosi͡uzhetnyĭ prikli͡uchencheskiĭ roman i dokumentalʹnoe povestvovanie, gde dobrosovestno i pravdivo rasskazyvaetsi͡a o sobytii͡akh nedavnego proshlogo. Odin iz kli͡uchevykh personazheĭ romana Ėskender, mladshiĭ predstavitelʹ roda Ismailovykh, priezzhaet v Kazanʹ po semeĭnym delam. S ėtogo momenta nachinaetsi͡a chereda neveroi͡atnykh sobytiĭ. Avtor sleduet tradit͡sii͡am Gogoli͡a, Bulgakova, Saltykova-Shchedrina, u kotorykh dazhe samye urodlivye i͡avlenii͡a okruzhai͡ushcheĭ deĭstvitelʹnosti obrisovany s i͡umorom. Deĭstvie romana proiskhodit v Tashkente, Kazani, Moskve i Krymu.Nikita Eliseev, literaturnyĭ kritik, publit͡sist, bibliograf:Odna iz samykh udivitelʹnykh, ėkst͡sentrichnykh i nelepykh knig, kotorui͡u i͡a kogda-libo chital. Debi͡utnyĭ roman Renata Bekkina "Ak Bure". V perevode s tatarskogo "Belyĭ Volk". On poi͡avli͡aetsi͡a blizhe k seredine romana: ogromnyĭ, chelovekoobraznyĭ, pri͡amokhodi͡ashchiĭ, govori͡ashchiĭ (redko, no vesko) na russkom, tatarskom, arabskom... belyĭ volk v chalme. Muftiĭ, pochëtnyĭ chekist, li͡udoed... Esli vy dumaete, chto "Ak Bure" - satiricheskai͡a, simvolicheskai͡a skazka, to vy oshibaetesʹ. Zhanry v ėtom romane pereputany, sputany, kak i ego si͡uzhetnye linii. Ne zanimai͡asʹ spoĭlerstvom (roman-to ostrosi͡uzhetnyĭ, s zagadkami), risknu vydelitʹ glavnye linii: istoricheskai͡a, realisticheskai͡a, detektivnai͡a, satiricheskai͡a i - nakonet͡s - misticheskai͡a.Sergeĭ Stratanovskiĭ, poėt, literaturnyĭ kritik:Roman "Ak Bure" - svoeobrazen. On sozdan na styke zhanrov - realisticheskogo povestvovanii͡a i satiricheskoĭ fantastiki. V rasskaz o sobytii͡akh sovetskogo proshlogo (borʹba krymskikh tatar za svoi prava) vpletaetsi͡a si͡uzhet o cheloveko-volke Ak Bure. Groteskno-satiricheskie ėlementy narastai͡ut po mere razvitii͡a povestvovanii͡a, a pod konet͡s i vovse vytesni͡ai͡ut realʹnostʹ. Tak chto chitateli͡u predstoit neskuchnoe chtenie.Aleksandr Daniėlʹ, istorik:Prochital roman dvazhdy i oba raza s bolʹshim udovolʹstviem. Upominanii͡a vpolne realʹnykh, iz ploti i krovi, dei͡ateleĭ krymskotatarskogo nat͡sionalʹnogo dvizhenii͡a, sovsem ne sluchaĭno vstrechai͡utsi͡a na stranit͡sakh romana. Politicheskie protivorechii͡a, raskalyvavshie ėto dvizhenie eshche v pozdnesovetskui͡u ėpokhu, protivorechii͡a, svi͡azannye s imenami Mustafy Dzhemileva i I͡Urii͡a Osmanova, ko vremeni deĭstvii͡a "Ak Bure" (vesna 2014 goda!) priobreli sovsem novoe zvuchanie.Shevket Keshfidinov, prozaik, literaturnyĭ kritik:Bytʹ krymskim tatarinom - vyzov. Pisatʹ o krymskikh tatarakh - vyzov vdvoĭne. Renat Bekkin ne drognul pod chitatelʹskim davleniem i ne ispugalsi͡a postavitʹ svoego geroi͡a pered nerazreshimym vyborom. V ėtot moment roman perestal bytʹ istorieĭ tolʹko krymskikh tatar. Geroĭ poterpel porazhenie, no ostalsi͡a veren sebe. Takai͡a filosofii͡a, kak pokazala deĭstvitelʹnostʹ, mnogimi zabyta. Uzhe poėtomu vazhno ėtot roman prochestʹ.Izdanie vtoroe, v novoĭ avtorskoĭ redakt͡sii

The life of three generations of the Crimean Tatar family, which is described in the novel "Ak Bure", is inextricably linked with the most important events in the history of Russia and Crimea in particular. This is the Great Patriotic War, the deportation of the Crimean Tatars and their struggle to return to their homeland. And finally, "Russian Spring" 2014. The author managed to organically combine seemingly incompatible things: an action-packed adventure novel and a documentary narrative, which faithfully and truthfully tells about the events of the recent past. One of the key characters in the novel, Eskender, a younger member of the Ismailov family, comes to Kazan on family business. From this moment, a series of incredible events begins. The author follows the traditions of Gogol, Bulgakov, Saltykov-Shchedrin, who depict even the ugliest phenomena of the surrounding reality with humor. The novel takes place in Tashkent, Kazan, Moscow and the Crimea.Nikita Eliseev, literary critic, publicist, bibliographer:One of the most amazing, eccentric, and ridiculous books I've ever read. Renat Bekkin's debut novel "Ak Bure". It means "White Wolf" in Tatar. He appears towards the middle of the novel: huge, humanoid, upright, speaking (rarely, but with great force) Russian, Tatar, Arabic... a white wolf in a turban. Mufti, honorary chekist, cannibal... If you think that "Ak Bure" is a satirical, symbolic fairy tale, then you are mistaken. The genres in this novel are mixed up, confused, as are its storylines. Without being a spoiler (the novel is action-packed, with riddles), I would venture to highlight the main lines: historical, realistic, detective, satirical and — finally — mystical.Sergey Stratanovsky, poet, literary critic:The novel "Ak Bure" is peculiar. It was created at the junction of genres — realistic narrative and satirical fiction. The story of the wolfman Ak Storm is interwoven into the story of the events of the Soviet past (the struggle of the Crimean Tatars for their rights). Grotesquely satirical elements grow as the narrative progresses, and in the end they completely displace reality. So the reader is going to have a lot of boring reading.Alexander Daniel, historian:I have read the novel twice and both times with great pleasure. It is not by chance that references to very real, flesh-and-blood figures of the Crimean Tatar national movement are found on the pages of the novel. The political contradictions that split this movement back in the late Soviet era, the contradictions associated with the names of Mustafa Dzhemilev and Yuri Osmanov, by the time of the Ak Storm (spring 2014!) they acquired a completely new sound.Shevket Keshfidinov, novelist, literary critic:Being a Crimean Tatar is a challenge. Writing about the Crimean Tatars is a double challenge. Renat Bekkin did not flinch under the pressure of readers and was not afraid to put his character in front of an unsolvable choice. At that moment, the novel ceased to be a story of only the Crimean Tatars. The hero was defeated, but remained true to himself. Such a philosophy, as reality has shown, is forgotten by many. That's why it's important to read this novel.The second edition, in a new author's edition