Где ты был, Адам? Путник, когда ты придешь в Спа...

Gde ty byl, Adam? (1951)"Gde ty byl, Adam?" - "V okopakh, Gospodi, na voĭne". . . Znakovyĭ antifashistskiĭ roman, prevrativshiĭ molodogo avtora, proshedshego Vtorui͡u mirovui͡u, v literaturnogo klassika KhKh veka. 1945 god. Voĭna, nachatai͡a Germanieĭ, vernulasʹ na ee territorii͡u. Rvutsi͡a snari͡ady, padai͡ut bomby na goroda i derevni. A izmuchennye li͡udi, ochnuvshiesi͡a ot chudovishchnoĭ lzhi gitlerovskoĭ propagandy, pytai͡utsi͡a vyzhitʹ…Devi͡atʹ glav-istoriĭ o li͡udi͡akh, ugodivshikh v zhernova voĭny, o chelovecheskom stradanii i li͡ubvi, nadezhde i beznadezhnosti, zhizni i smerti. Putnik, kogda ty prideshʹ v Spa. . . (1950)25 rasskazov velikogo Genrikha Bëlli͡a, obʺedinennykh temoĭ voĭny, kotorai͡a vosprinimaetsi͡a avtorom mnogo shire, chem tolʹko Vtorai͡a mirovai͡a. 25 istoriĭ o neschastnykh malʹchishkakh, pokalechennykh voĭnoĭ, kotorui͡u oni sami dli͡a sebi͡a ne vybirali, no kotorai͡a vybrala ikh. 25 ėpizodov o nevyrazimoĭ toske po li͡ubimym li͡udi͡am, ushedshim v mir inoĭ, o chuvstve bezyskhodnosti, no v to zhe vremi͡a o vseproshchai͡ushcheĭ li͡ubvi i nadezhde. 25 krokhotnykh krupit͡s, dopolni͡ai͡ushchikh kartinu togo samogo mira - zybkogo i uskolʹzai͡ushchego…

Where have you been, Adam? (1951)"Where have you been, Adam?" "In the trenches, for God's sake, at war." A landmark anti-fascist novel that turned a young author who survived World War II into a literary classic of the twentieth century. The year is 1945. The war started by Germany has returned to its territory. Shells explode, bombs fall on towns and villages. And exhausted people who have woken up from the monstrous lies of Hitler's propaganda are trying to survive... Nine chapters are stories about people caught in the millstones of war, about human suffering and love, hope and hopelessness, life and death. Traveler, when you come to Spa . . . (1950) 25 short stories by the great Heinrich Bell, united by the theme of war, which is perceived by the author much more broadly than only the Second World War. 25 stories about unhappy boys crippled by a war that they did not choose for themselves, but which chose them. 25 episodes about the inexpressible longing for loved ones who passed away, about a sense of hopelessness, but at the same time about forgiving love and hope. 25 tiny grains that complement the picture of that very world — shaky and elusive…