Тени в раю

Oni voshli v amerikanskiĭ raĭ, kak teni. Li͡udi, obozhzhennye ognem Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ. Beglet͡sy so vsekh kont͡sov Evropy, utrativshie proshloe. Nevrotichnai͡a manekenshchit͡sa i t͡sinichnyĭ, krepko pʹi͡ushchiĭ pisatelʹ. Legkomyslennai͡a aktrisa i genialʹnyĭ khirurg. Otchai͡avshiĭsi͡a geroĭ Soprotivlenii͡a i optimistichnyĭ biznesmen. Chto mozhet bytʹ obshchego u stolʹ raznykh li͡udeĭ? Khrupkostʹ nelepogo ėmigrantskogo bytii͡a. I svi͡atai͡a nadezhda kogda-nibudʹ vernutʹsi͡a domoĭ...Roman publikuetsi͡a v novom, polnom perevode M. Rudnit͡skogo."Teni v rai͡u" - ėto glubokiĭ psikhologicheskiĭ portret t͡selogo pokolenii͡a, vynuzhdennogo bezhatʹ v chuzhui͡u stranu, podarivshui͡u im, odnako, mirnoe nebo nad golovoĭ i svobodu…Ėto istorii͡a o zhizni bezhent͡sev v Amerike v kont͡se Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ voĭny, tochnee, ikh popytkakh vyzhitʹ v chuzhoĭ strane. Kogda-to oni byli khirurgami, aktrisami, pisateli͡ami i biznesmenami, u nikh byli grandioznye plany i li͡ubovʹ, u nikh byl dom. Teperʹ oni vynuzhdeny bezhatʹ iz nego, izranennye moralʹno i fizicheski, ustavshie ot grokhota bomb, krikov, pulemetnykh ocheredeĭ i krovi, napugannye uzhasami voĭny, kotorye oni nikogda ne smogut zabytʹ. Na Rodine oni byli lichnosti͡ami, zdesʹ zhe oni prosto teni, pytai͡ushchiesi͡a osoznatʹ proizoshedshee, teni, predprinimai͡ushchie zhalkie popytki nachatʹ zhitʹ zanovo. Vozmozhno, kogda-nibudʹ oni smogut vernutʹsi͡a domoĭ i snova obresti pokoĭ…

They entered the American paradise like shadows. People burned by the fire of the Second World War. Fugitives from all over Europe who have lost the past. A neurotic model and a cynical, hard-drinking writer. A frivolous actress and a brilliant surgeon. A desperate Resistance hero and an optimistic businessman. What can such different people have in common? The fragility of an absurd emigrant existence. And the holy hope of ever returning home...The novel is published in a new, complete translation by M. Rudnitsky."Shadows in Paradise" is a deep psychological portrait of an entire generation forced to flee to a foreign country, which, however, gave them a peaceful sky over their heads and freedom…This is a story about the life of refugees in America at the end of World War II, or rather, their attempts to survive in a foreign country. Once they were surgeons, actresses, writers and businessmen, they had grandiose plans and love, they had a home. Now they are forced to flee from it, wounded mentally and physically, tired of the roar of bombs, screams, machine-gun bursts and blood, frightened by the horrors of war that they will never be able to forget. At home they were personalities, but here they are just shadows trying to realize what happened, shadows making pathetic attempts to start living anew. Perhaps someday they will be able to return home and find peace again…