Лето

"Leto" - dolgozhdannai͡a zavershai͡ushchai͡a chastʹ sezonnogo kvarteta. T͡Sikl nachalsi͡a eshche v 2016 godu, i pervyĭ roman, "Osenʹ", popal v short-list Bukerovskoĭ premii 2017 goda. S tekh por v svet vyshli eshche dva romana, "Zima" i "Vesna", i proza Ali Smit poli͡ubilasʹ mnogim. A takzhe byla ne raz otmechena razlichnymi zarubezhnymi i otechestvennymi izdanii͡ami. V "Lete", posledneĭ knige sezonnogo t͡sikla, rechʹ poĭdet o Sashe i ee semʹe, zhivushchikh v nashe vremi͡a. Kak i vsegda, tekst Ali Smit neveroi͡atno v momente, i samye poslednie, samye aktualʹnye sobytii͡a mirovoĭ istorii okazhutsi͡a zapechatlennymi na ėtikh stranit͡sakh. V nastoi͡ashchem Sasha znaet, chto vse idet naperekosi͡ak. Ee brat Robert - khodi͡achai͡a beda. Mezhdu materʹi͡u i ott͡som ne laditsi͡a. A mir v razdrae - i vedʹ stanet tolʹko khuzhe. A v proshlom leto bylo prekrasno. Drugie brat i sestra eshche ne znali, chto zhdet ikh vperedi. Ėto istorii͡a o li͡udi͡akh na poroge bolʹshikh peremen. Oni rodni͡a, no slovno chuzhie drug drugu. Tak s chego nachinaetsi͡a semʹi͡a? I chto obshchego u li͡udeĭ, kotorym kazhetsi͡a, chto ikh nichego ne obʺedini͡aet? Leto.

"Summer" is the long-awaited final part of the seasonal quartet. The cycle began back in 2016, and the first novel, "Autumn", was shortlisted for the 2017 Booker Prize. Since then, two more novels, "Winter" and "Spring", have been published, and Ali Smith's prose has fallen in love with many. And it has also been repeatedly noted by various foreign and domestic publications. In "Summer", the last book of the seasonal cycle, we will talk about Sasha and her family living in our time. As always, Ali Smith's text is incredibly in the moment, and the latest, most relevant events of world history will be captured on these pages. In the present, Sasha knows that everything is going awry. Her brother Robert is a walking trouble. Mother and father don't get along. And the world is in disarray — and it will only get worse. And last summer was great. The other siblings didn't know what was ahead of them yet. This is a story about people on the verge of big changes. They are related, but like strangers to each other. So where does a family start? And what do people have in common who think they have nothing in common? Summer.