Последнее лето

Novyĭ roman finalistki Pulitt͡serovskoĭ premii Lidii Mille nachinaetsi͡a kak istorii͡a vzroslenii͡a, kotorai͡a dostatochno bystro prevrashchaetsi͡a v triller, plavno perekhodi͡ashchiĭ v distopii͡u s mnozhestvom alli͡uziĭ na Biblii͡u i izvestnye proizvedenii͡a literatury (ot sravnenii͡a s 'Povelitelem mukh' uderzhatʹsi͡a budet slozhno).Dvenadt͡satʹ deteĭ vynuzhdeny otdykhatʹ so svoimi roditeli͡ami v osobni͡ake na beregu ozera. V obshchestve vzroslykh t͡sari͡at Sodom i Gomorra, a zabytye deti nabli͡udai͡ut za nimi s prezreniem - oni dazhe pridumali igru, glavnoe pravilo v kotoroĭ - ne vydatʹ, kto tvoi roditeli. Kogda na poberezhʹe obrushivaetsi͡a razrushitelʹnyĭ shtorm, vzroslye snova i snova dokazyvai͡ut svoi͡u nesostoi͡atelʹnostʹ, i deti͡am prikhoditsi͡a bratʹ otvetstvennostʹ za vyzhivanie na sebi͡a.'Poslednee leto' - prorocheskai͡a, razbivai͡ushchai͡a serdt͡se istorii͡a o vzroslenii i neizbezhnom razdelenii pokoleniĭ.

The new novel by Pulitzer Prize finalist Lydia Millet begins as a story of growing up, which quickly turns into a thriller, smoothly turning into a dystopia with many allusions to the Bible and famous works of literature (it will be difficult to resist comparison with 'Lord of the Flies').Twelve children are forced to rest with their parents in a mansion on the lake shore. Sodom and Gomorrah reign in the society of adults, and forgotten children watch them with contempt - they even came up with a game in which the main rule is not to give away who your parents are. When a devastating storm hits the coast, adults prove their inadequacy again and again, and children have to take responsibility for survival on themselves.'Last Summer' is a prophetic, heart-breaking story about growing up and the inevitable separation of generations.