Воздушные змеи

Romen Gari - edinstvennyĭ frant͡suzskiĭ pisatelʹ, nagrazhdennyĭ Gonkurovskoĭ premieĭ dvazhdy: pervyĭ raz pod familieĭ Gari za roman "Korni neba" (1956), vtoroĭ - pod psevdonimom Ėmilʹ Azhar za knigu "Vsi͡a zhiznʹ vperedi" (1975). Posle "azharovskoĭ" ėpopei - odnoĭ iz samykh gromkikh literaturnykh mistifikat͡siĭ KhKh veka, - kogda publika i kritiki ne raspoznali v tekstakh Azhara pocherk proslavlennogo prozaika, Gari vypustil svoĭ posledniĭ roman "Vozdushnye zmei" i vskore pokonchil s soboĭ.Ėto roman o Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ voĭne, ob okkupat͡sii, o frant͡suzskom Soprotivlenii, no glavnoe - o li͡ubvi. Normandskiĭ malʹchishka Li͡udo s desi͡ati let vli͡ublen v svoi͡u rovesnit͡su po imeni Lila, prinadlezhashchui͡u k vyssheĭ polʹskoĭ aristokratii. Raznit͡sa v obshchestvennom polozhenii dostavli͡aet emu nemalo muk i unizheniĭ. Li͡udo - sirota. Ego vospityvaet di͡adi͡a, selʹskiĭ pochtalʹon, kotoryĭ masterit vozdushnykh zmeev. Ėti raznot͡svetnye bumazhnye figurki, korabli, letai͡ushchie kreposti vzmyvai͡ut v nebo, zastavli͡ai͡a malʹchika veritʹ, chto li͡ubye zemnye pregrady preodolimy. Nachinaetsi͡a voĭna, i povzroslevshiĭ Li͡udo vstupaet v borʹbu za svoi͡u li͡ubovʹ i za osvobozhdenie Frant͡sii ot nat͡sistov.

Romain Gary is the only French writer who has been awarded the Goncourt Prize twice: the first time under the name of Gary for the novel “Roots of Heaven” (1956), the second — under the pseudonym Emile Azhar for the book “The whole life is ahead” (1975). After the “Azhar” epic — one of the most high—profile literary hoaxes of the twentieth century - when the public and critics did not recognize the handwriting of the famous prose writer in Azhar's texts, Gary released his latest novel “Kites" and soon committed suicide.This is a novel about the Second World War, about the occupation, about the French Resistance, but most importantly — about love. The Norman boy Ludo has been in love with a girl of his age named Lila, who belongs to the highest Polish aristocracy, since the age of ten. The difference in social status causes him a lot of torment and humiliation. Ludo is an orphan. He is raised by his uncle, a rural postman who makes kites. These colorful paper figures, ships, flying fortresses soar into the sky, making the boy believe that any earthly obstacles can be overcome. The war begins, and the grown-up Ludo enters the fight for his love and for the liberation of France from the Nazis.