Карл из телевизора

Avstriĭskai͡a pisatelʹnit͡sa Kristine Nëstlinger masterski soedini͡aet fantazii͡u s problemami sovremennykh deteĭ.Dvenadt͡satiletniĭ Anton chuvstvuet sebi͡a odinokim. Roditeli zani͡aty soboĭ, postoi͡anno vyi͡asni͡ai͡ut otnoshenii͡a i ne pomni͡at dazhe o dne rozhdenii͡a svoego syna. Urovenʹ ikh neprii͡azni drug k drugu zashkalivaet. Kontakt s sobstvennym synom polnostʹi͡u otsutstvuet. V shkole s Antonom tozhe nikto ne obshchaetsi͡a, a uchitelʹ i vovse nazyvaet ego "autsaĭderom", to estʹ postoronnim, lishnim. Edinstvennyĭ chelovek, kotoryĭ ponimaet i li͡ubit Antona, - ėto ego babushka. No ona zhivët v drugom gorode, i vidi͡atsi͡a oni ne chasto.Malʹchik vedët dnevnik, iz kotorogo chitatelʹ uznaët o ego neveseloĭ zhizni.K schastʹi͡u Anton sovershenno sluchaĭno poznakomilsi͡a s Karlom - chelovekom, zhivushchem v televizore. Ikh druzhba v korne izmenila zhiznʹ podrostka. Karl okazalsi͡a udivitelʹno interesnoĭ i priti͡agatelʹnoĭ lichnostʹi͡u. Ėto vpolne sebe vzroslyĭ di͡adi͡a. On dobr i vnimatelen, znaet mnogo i͡azykov, pomogaet Antonu s ucheboĭ, daet emu taktichnye sovety, kak postupatʹ v tom ili inom sluchae. Kogda na Antona dvazhdy svalivai͡utsi͡a neprii͡atnosti, Karl, ne razdumyvai͡a, pokidaet svoe teleubezhishche, chtoby vyruchitʹ malʹchishku, khoti͡a perekhod v sredu obitanii͡a li͡udeĭ chrevat dli͡a nego ne tolʹko potereĭ rosta i vesa, no dazhe zhizni.Kniga chitaetsi͡a legko, s vozrastai͡ushchim ot stranit͡sy k stranit͡se interesom - vplotʹ do paradoksalʹnogo finala. Vse opisannye sobytii͡a bukvalʹno vzyvai͡ut k sovmestnomu prochtenii͡u i osmyslenii͡u proizoshedshego roditeli͡ami i detʹmi. Da sovremennye deti utykai͡utsi͡a ne v ėkrany televizorov, a v aĭfony i aĭpady, no mnogie iz nikh naverni͡aka vedut takui͡u zhe, kak Anton, "zaėkrannui͡u" zhiznʹ ot odinochestva i neponimanii͡a so storony blizkikh.Knigu otlichno perevel Pavel Frenkelʹ, chutkiĭ k podrostkovym temam, lichno znavshiĭ Kristine Nëstlinger i tonko chuvstvui͡ushchiĭ ee teksty.Rekomenduetsi͡a shkolʹnikam srednego vozrasta, a takzhe ikh roditeli͡am.

Austrian writer Christine Noestlinger masterfully combines fantasy with the problems of today's children.Twelve-year-old Anton feels lonely. Parents are busy with themselves, constantly sorting out relationships and do not even remember their son's birthday. Their level of dislike for each other is off the charts. Contact with his own son is completely absent. At school, no one communicates with Anton either, and the teacher even calls him an "outsider", that is, an outsider, an extra. The only person who understands and loves Anton is his grandmother. But she lives in another city, and they don't see each other often.The boy keeps a diary, from which the reader learns about his sad life.Fortunately, Anton accidentally met Karl-the man who lives in TV. Their friendship radically changed the life of a teenager. Carl turned out to be a surprisingly interesting and attractive person. This is quite a grown-up uncle. He is kind and attentive, knows many languages, helps Anton with his studies, gives him tactful advice on how to act in this or that case. When Anton gets into trouble twice, Karl does not hesitate to leave his TV shelter to rescue the boy, although the transition to a human environment is fraught with not only loss of height and weight, but even life.The book is easy to read, with increasing interest from page to page – up to the paradoxical ending. All the described events literally appeal to the joint reading and understanding of what happened by parents and children. Yes, modern children are not buried in TV screens, but in iPhones and iPads, but many of them probably lead the same as Anton, "behind the screen" life from loneliness and lack of understanding on the part of their loved ones.The book is very well translated Paul Frankel, sensitive to adolescent subjects who personally knew Christine Nostlinger and feels her lyrics.Recommended for middle-aged students and their parents.