Восток, Запад

«Angliia razbila ei serdce, razbila tem, chto biela ne Indiia. London ubival ee tem, chto on ne Bombei». Neveroiatniee istorii iz jizni protivopolojnieh mirov, sushestvuushih v odnoi realnosti. Vostok i Zapad. Udivitelno, no shodstv mejdu nimi ne menshe, chem razlichii. Salman Rushdi skrupulezno sobral mnojestvo faktov o raznieh chastiah sveta i obedinil ih v nebolshih rasskazah, sostavliaushih etu knigu. On podnimaet volnuushie temie — brak, drujba, demografiia i drugie religiozniee, politicheskie i eticheskie aspektie. Obladatel Bukerovskoi i Uitbredovskoi premii, romanist, scenarist, esseist Salman Rushdi podaril miru neskolko znamenitieh romanov: «Stied», «Proshalniei vzdoh mavra», «Kloun Shalimar», «Deti polunochi», «Gorod pobedie» i dr., a takje sborniki esse i rasskazov, odnim iz kotorieh stal «Vostok. Zapad».

"England broke her heart, broke her by not being India. London was killing her because it wasn't Bombay." Incredible stories from the lives of opposite worlds existing in the same reality. East and West. Surprisingly, the similarities between them are no less than the differences. Salman Rushdie has scrupulously collected many facts about different parts of the world and combined them into short stories that make up this book. He raises exciting topics — marriage, friendship, demography and other religious, political and ethical aspects. The winner of the Booker and Whitbread Prizes, novelist, screenwriter, essayist Salman Rushdie presented the world with several famous novels: "Shame", "Farewell Sigh of the Moor", "Clown Shalimar", "Children of Midnight", "Victory City", etc., as well as collections of essays and short stories, one of which was "The East. The West."