Брат мой, враг мой

Bratʹi͡a Dėvi i Ken Mėllori - budushchie izobretateli televidenii͡a, strastno uvlechennye svoeĭ rabotoĭ. Im ne raz predstoit natolknutʹsi͡a na vysokomernye otkazy potent͡sialʹnykh sponsorov, alchnostʹ nechistykh na ruku delʹt͡sov, na chelovecheskui͡u glupostʹ i podlostʹ. Odnako ne 'ogonʹ i voda' privedut talantlivykh molodykh li͡udeĭ k zhestokomu vnutrennemu konfliktu, a 'mednye truby', kotorymi stanet dli͡a nikh brak obozhaemoĭ sestry Margo s bogachom, gotovym datʹ deneg na ikh rabotu. Slovno ėtogo malo, Ken i Dėvi li͡ubi͡at odnu i tu zhe zhenshchinu...Sudʹba izobretateli͡a - tema, ne novai͡a dli͡a amerikanskoĭ literatury. Odnako malo komu udalosʹ raskrytʹ psikhologii͡u izobretatelʹstva tak pravdivo, gluboko i polno, kak Mitchellu Uilsonu v romane 'Brat moĭ, vrag moĭ'.

Brothers Davy and Ken Mallory are future inventors of television, passionately passionate about their work. They will often come across arrogant refusals of potential sponsors, the greed of unscrupulous businessmen, human stupidity and meanness. However, it is not 'fire and water' that will lead talented young people to a violent internal conflict, but 'copper pipes', which will be for them the marriage of their beloved sister Margot with a rich man who is ready to give money for their work. As if that wasn't enough, Ken and Davy love the same woman...The fate of the inventor is not a new topic for American literature. However, few people have managed to reveal the psychology of invention as truthfully, deeply and fully as Mitchell Wilson in the novel "My Brother, my Enemy".