Угол покоя

Uolles Stegner - klassik amerikanskoĭ literatury, istorik i prepodavatelʹ, povlii͡avshiĭ na t͡seloe pokolenie pisateleĭ. "Ugol pokoi͡a" - ego samyĭ znamenityĭ roman, poluchivshiĭ v 1972 godu Pulitt͡serovskui͡u premii͡u. Ėta kniga ostaetsi͡a li͡ubimoĭ na rodine pisateli͡a uzhe bolee poluveka, i teperʹ s ėtim shedevrom XX veka smogut vpervye poznakomitʹsi͡a i rossiĭskie chitateli.Deĭstvie romana razvorachivaetsi͡a v dvukh vremennykh plastakh. V 1970 godu universitetskiĭ prepodavatelʹ i istorik Laĭman Uord vykhodit na pensii͡u i pereezzhaet v Kalifornii͡u, v dom, kotoryĭ kogda-to prinadlezhal ego babushke Si͡uzan, znamenitoĭ pisatelʹnit͡se i khudozhnit͡se. Prikovannyĭ k invalidnomu kreslu, Laĭman zhivet proshlym: on razbiraet pisʹma i arkhivy svoeĭ babushki i nadeetsi͡a na ikh osnove napisatʹ knigu, rasskazyvai͡ushchui͡u istorii͡u ego semʹi.Vmeste s Uordom chitateli perenosi͡atsi͡a v XIX vek, chtoby god za godom prosleditʹ za zhiznʹi͡u Si͡uzan. Ėta udivitelʹnai͡a, silʹnai͡a zhenshchina rodilasʹ v Nʹi͡u-Ĭorke, v respektabelʹnoĭ semʹe, i v i͡unosti vrashchalasʹ v svetskom obshchestve, druzhila s intellektualami, pisateli͡ami i khudozhnikami. Odnako ona ne kolebli͡asʹ ostavli͡aet pozadi svoi͡u komfortnui͡u zhiznʹ v bolʹshom gorode, kogda vykhodit zamuzh za skromnogo inzhenera Olivera Uorda, kotoryĭ tak ne pokhozh na ee utonchennykh znakomykh. K udivlenii͡u svoikh rodnykh i druzeĭ, vmeste s suprugom Si͡uzan otpravli͡aetsi͡a na drugoĭ konet͡s strany, tuda, gde vdali ot t͡sivilizat͡sii bʹetsi͡a serdt͡se amerikanskogo Zapada…

Wallace Stegner is a classic of American literature, a historian and teacher who influenced an entire generation of writers. The Corner of Rest is his most famous novel, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1972. This book has remained a favorite in the writer's homeland for more than half a century, and now Russian readers will be able to get acquainted with this masterpiece of the XX century for the first time.The novel is set in two time layers. In 1970, university lecturer and historian Lyman Ward retired and moved to California, to a house that once belonged to his grandmother Susan, a famous writer and artist. Confined to a wheelchair, Lyman lives in the past: he examines his grandmother's letters and archives and hopes to use them to write a book telling the story of his family.Together with Ward, readers are transported back to the 19th century to follow Susan's life year after year. This amazing, strong woman was born in New York, into a respectable family, and in her youth she moved in secular society, was friends with intellectuals, writers and artists. However, she does not hesitate to leave behind her comfortable life in the big city when she marries a modest engineer Oliver Ward, who is so unlike her sophisticated acquaintances. To the surprise of her family and friends, Susan and her husband travel to the other side of the country, where the heart of the American West beats far from civilization…