Не отпускай меня

"Ne otpuskaĭ meni͡a" - pronzitelʹnai͡a kniga, kotorai͡a po pravu vkhodit v spisok 100 luchshikh angliĭskikh romanov vsekh vremën po versii zhurnala "Time". Eë avtor - urozhdënnyĭ i͡aponet͡s, vypusknik literaturnogo seminara Malʹkolʹma Brėdberi i laureat Bukerovskoĭ premii (za roman "Ostatok dni͡a"). Tridt͡satiletni͡ai͡a Kėti vspominaet svoë detstvo v privilegirovannoĭ shkole Kheĭlshem, polnoe strannykh nedomolvok, polovinchatykh otkroveniĭ i podspudnoĭ ugrozy. Ėto roman-pritcha. Ėto istorii͡a li͡ubvi, druzhby i pami͡ati. Ėto predelʹnoe oveshchestvlenie metafory "sluzhitʹ vseĭ zhiznʹi͡u".

Don't let me go is a poignant book that is rightfully included in Time magazine's list of the 100 best English novels of all time. Its author is a Japanese-born graduate of the Malcolm Bradbury literary workshop and winner of the Booker prize (for the novel "the Rest of the day"). Thirty-year-old Katie recalls her childhood at the privileged Hailsham school, full of strange innuendos, half-hearted revelations and hidden threats. This is a parable novel. This is a story of love, friendship and memory. This is the ultimate reification of the metaphor "to serve all life".