Кризис чужого возраста

Grustʹ i radostʹ, bezyskhodnostʹ i nadezhdy cheredui͡utsi͡a v romanakh, povesti͡akh i rasskazakh Mashi Traub, kotorai͡a blesti͡ashche debi͡utirovala v 2007 godu proniknovenno-iskrennim romanom "Sobiraĭsi͡a, my uezzhaem". Posle ėtogo bylo eshche mnogo knig, gomericheski smeshnykh i shchemi͡ashche pechalʹnykh. Po nekotorym iz nikh - "Dnevniku mamy pervoklassnika" i "Domiku na i͡uge" - sni͡aty khudozhestvennye filʹmy.V sbornik "Krizis chuzhogo vozrasta" voshli istorii o zhizni i smerti, o chudesakh, o rodnykh, kotorye tak i ne stali blizkimi, i o neznakomt͡sakh, stavshikh rodnymi. V ėtoĭ trogatelʹnoĭ i chestnoĭ proze estʹ mesto ironii, tonkim nabli͡udenii͡am i tem samym detali͡am povsednevnosti, v kotorykh uznaeshʹ svoi͡u istorii͡u.Vse geroi ėtogo sbornika rasskazov i zarisovok perezhivai͡ut tot ili inoĭ krizis. Kazhdyĭ spravli͡aetsi͡a po-svoemu - kto-to prinimaet obet molchanii͡a, inye personazhi veri͡at, chto srazhai͡utsi͡a s sobstvennoĭ smertʹi͡u v poedinke armrestlinga. V ėtoĭ knige sobrany ne tolʹko nabli͡udenii͡a za sovremennoĭ zhiznʹi͡u, no i istorii, kotorye mozhno bylo by schestʹ misticheskimi. "Ėtu bedu na bobakh razvedu", - govorila moi͡a babushka, kogda khotela meni͡a uspokoitʹ. V sele, gde i͡a vyrosla, na bobakh gadali. I esli ėto mistika, to ochenʹ dobrai͡a. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Sadness and joy, hopelessness and hope alternate in the novels, novellas and short stories of Masha Traub, who brilliantly debuted in 2007 with the heartfelt novel "Pack up, we're Leaving." After that, there were many more books, homerically funny and painfully sad. Feature films have been made based on some of them — "Diary of a First—Grader's Mother" and "A House in the South".The collection "Crisis of Someone else's Age" includes stories about life and death, about miracles, about relatives who never became close, and about strangers who became relatives. In this touching and honest prose, there is a place for irony, subtle observations and the very details of everyday life in which you learn your story.All the characters in this collection of short stories and sketches are going through one crisis or another. Everyone copes in their own way — someone takes a vow of silence, other characters believe that they are fighting their own death in an arm wrestling match. This book contains not only observations of modern life, but also stories that could be considered mystical. "I'll breed this trouble on beans," my grandmother used to say when she wanted to calm me down. In the village where I grew up, they used to tell fortunes on beans. And if it's mysticism, it's very kind. Read more…