Библиотекарист

Bob - bibliotekarʹ na pensii, introvert, u kotorogo nego net ni semʹi, ni druzeĭ. On zhivet v svoem malenʹkom domike mi͡atnogo t͡sveta, gotovit sebe edu i ezhednevno vykhodit na progulku, chtoby s bezopasnogo rasstoi͡anii͡a ponabli͡udatʹ za drugimi li͡udʹmi. No glavnai͡a radostʹ v zhizni Boba - ėto, konechno, ego li͡ubimye knigi, v kotorykh on nakhodit beskonechnyĭ istochnik uteshenii͡a.Vo vremi͡a odnoĭ iz svoikh utrennikh progulok Bob zakhodit v magazin, chtoby sogretʹsi͡a. Tam on vstrechaet pozhilui͡u zhenshchinu, kotorai͡a vygli͡adit kraĭne rasteri͡anno. Bob zamechaet u nee na shee zapai͡annui͡u v plastik kartochku na shnurke, na kotoroĭ napisano, chto ee zovut Chirp i chto ona zhivet v Geriatricheskom t͡sentre Gėmbella-Rida nepodaleku. Bob reshaet sovershitʹ dobroe delo i pomochʹ poteri͡avsheĭsi͡a zhenshchine dobratʹsi͡a do doma prestarelykh.Tak v zhizni Boba nachinaetsi͡a novai͡a glava: on stanovitsi͡a volonterom v t͡sentre, nachinaet chitatʹ ego postoi͡alʹt͡sam vslukh, uchitsi͡a obshchatʹsi͡a i zavoditʹ druzeĭ. A zaodno vspominaet svoi͡u zhiznʹ, kotorai͡a byla gorazdo interesnee i nasyshchennee, chem mozhet pokazatʹsi͡a na pervyĭ vzgli͡ad."Bibliotekarist" - novyĭ roman znamenitogo kanadskogo pisateli͡a i st͡senarista Patrika de Vitta, nominanta na Bukerovskui͡u premii͡u i laureata mnozhestva drugikh prestizhnykh literaturnykh nagrad. Ėta trogatelʹnai͡a, dobrai͡a, napolnennai͡a i͡umorom, zhizneutverzhdai͡ushchai͡a istorii͡a, kotorai͡a vospevaet negeroicheskui͡u zhiznʹ skromnogo, no zamechatelʹnogo "malenʹkogo cheloveka".

Bob is a retired librarian, an introvert who has no family or friends. He lives in his small mint-colored house, cooks his own food and goes for a walk every day to observe other people from a safe distance. But the main joy in Bob's life is, of course, his favorite books, in which he finds an endless source of comfort.During one of his morning walks, Bob goes into the store to keep warm. There he meets an elderly woman who looks extremely confused. Bob notices a plastic-sealed card on a string around her neck, which says that her name is Chirp and that she lives at the Gambell-Reed Geriatric Center nearby. Bob decides to do a good deed and help a lost woman get to a nursing home.So a new chapter begins in Bob's life: he becomes a volunteer at the center, begins to read aloud to his guests, learns to communicate and make friends. And at the same time he remembers his life, which was much more interesting and eventful than it might seem at first glance.The Librarian is a new novel by the famous Canadian writer and screenwriter Patrick Dewitt, a Booker Prize nominee and winner of many other prestigious literary awards. This is a touching, kind, humorous, life-affirming story that celebrates the unheroic life of a modest but wonderful "little man."