Страна других. Рождество под кипарисами

Posle shumnogo uspekha romana "Idealʹnai͡a ni͡ani͡a" molodai͡a frant͡suzskai͡a pisatelʹnit͡sa marokkanskogo proiskhozhdenii͡a Leĭla Slimani, laureat Gonkurovskoĭ premii, vzi͡alasʹ za grandioznui͡u ėpopei͡u - semeĭnui͡u sagu v trekh tomakh pod nazvaniem "Strana drugikh", osnovannui͡u na realʹnykh sobytii͡akh."Rozhdestvo pod kiparisami" - pervai͡a kniga ėtoĭ trilogii. Deĭstvie razvorachivaetsi͡a posle Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ voĭny. Dvadt͡satiletni͡ai͡a Matilʹda, frant͡suzhenka iz Ėlʹzasa, bez pami͡ati vli͡ubilasʹ v ofit͡sera kolonialʹnykh voĭsk, uchastvovavshikh v osvobozhdenii Frant͡sii v 1944 godu. Ni minuty ne razdumyvai͡a, ona vyshlaza nego zamuzh i otpravilasʹ zhitʹ s nim v Marokko. Voznikshee vskore po pribytii ostroe zhelanie vernutʹsi͡a na rodinu eĭ prikhoditsi͡a podavitʹ: beremennai͡a, bez grosha v karmane, ona okazyvaetsi͡a zalozhnit͡seĭ svoego podchinennogo polozhenii͡a v strane, gde zhiznʹ zhenshchiny ogranichena zhestkimi pravilami islama. K tomu zhe v Marokko nespokoĭno, terakty nat͡sionalistov sledui͡ut odin za drugim. Odnako Matilʹda ne iz tekh, kto sdaetsi͡a. Nesmotri͡a na razocharovanii͡a, bednostʹ i unizhenii͡a, ona otchai͡anno boretsi͡a za svoi͡u semʹi͡u i svoi͡u li͡ubovʹ. Kniga prinesla Leĭle Slimani Gran-pri zhurnala "Madam Figaro" za luchshiĭ zhenskiĭ personazh.

After the tumultuous success of the novel “The Perfect Nanny”, a young French writer of Moroccan origin, Leila Slimani, winner of the Goncourt Prize, took up a grand epic — a family saga in three volumes called “The Land of Others", based on real events.“Christmas under the Cypresses” is the first book of this trilogy. The action takes place after the Second World War. Twenty-year-old Matilda, a Frenchwoman from Alsace, fell madly in love with an officer of the colonial troops who participated in the liberation of France in 1944. Without a moment's hesitation, she married him and went to live with him in Morocco. She has to suppress the acute desire to return to her homeland that arose soon after her arrival: pregnant, penniless, she finds herself hostage to her subordinate position in a country where a woman's life is limited by the strict rules of Islam. In addition, there is unrest in Morocco, nationalist terrorist attacks follow one after another. However, Matilda is not one to give up. Despite the disappointments, poverty and humiliation, she is desperately fighting for her family and her love. The book brought Leila Slimani the Grand Prix of Madame Figaro magazine for the best female character.