Цветные карандаши

V odin daleko ne prekrasnyĭ denʹ li͡udi, prosnuvshisʹ,obnaruzhili, chto vse vokrug stalo cherno-belym. Vse kraski ischezli. Nikto, konechno, ne umret iz-za togo, chto nebosvetlo-seroe dazhe v solnechnyĭ denʹ, a listva na derevʹi͡akhsvint͡sovogo ottenka. Prosto s ischeznoveniem t͡sveta i zhiznʹ pochemu-to utratila vkus. Chtoby vyi͡asnitʹ, otkudavzi͡alasʹ ėta napastʹ, i izbavitʹ chelovechestvo ot nastupivsheĭ depressii, byvshiĭ rabotnik fabriki t͡svetnykh karandasheĭ Arti͡ur i nezri͡achai͡a zhurnalistka Sharlotta zatevai͡ut rassledovanie, kotoroe stolknet ikh s nʹi͡u-ĭorkskim taksistom, obitateli͡ami doma prestarelykh i dazhe banditami iz kitaĭskikh "triad"...Ėta veselai͡a i ostroumnai͡a kniga zastavit chitateli͡a novymiglazami vzgli͡anutʹ na privychnyĭ okruzhai͡ushchiĭ mir.

One far from perfect day, people woke up to find that everything around them had turned black and white. All the colors were gone. No one, of course, will die because the sky is light gray even on a sunny day, and the foliage on the trees is a leaden shade. Just with the disappearance of color and life for some reason lost its taste. To find out why this attack happened, and to save humanity from the coming depression, a former employee of the colored pencil factory, Arthur, and a blind journalist, Charlotte, start an investigation that will pit them against a New York taxi driver, residents of a nursing home, and even bandits from the Chinese "triads"...This fun and witty book will make the reader look at the familiar world around them with new eyes.