Нищий, вор. Ночной портье

Irvin Shou rodilsi͡a v bogatoĭ semʹe, no ego otet͡s razorilsi͡a vo vremi͡a Velikoĭ Depressii, i Irvin s podrostkovogo vozrasta byl vynuzhden pomogatʹ roditeli͡am i podrabatyvatʹ na fabrike i v magazine. Ėtot opyt okazal na nego ogromnoe vlii͡anie - tema deneg i sot͡sialʹnogo neravenstva vposledstvii zaĭmet t͡sentralʹnoe mesto v takikh proizvedenii͡akh kak "Bogach, bedni͡ak", "Nishchiĭ, vor" i "Nochnoĭ portʹe".Voshedshiĭ v dannoe izdanie roman "Nishchiĭ, vor" sluzhit prodolzheniem romana "Bogach, bedni͡ak". Posle gibeli Toma Rudi pytaetsi͡a razobratʹsi͡a s nasledstvom brata, a syn Toma Uėsli - luchshe uznatʹ ott͡sa i otomstitʹ ego ubiĭt͡se.

Irwin Shaw was born into a wealthy family, but his father went bankrupt during the Great Depression, and Irwin was forced to help his parents and work part-time at a factory and in a store since he was a teenager. This experience had a huge impact on him — the theme of money and social inequality would later take center stage in such works as "Rich Man, Poor Man", "Beggar, Thief" and "Night Porter".The novel "Beggar, Thief" included in this edition serves as a continuation of the novel "Rich Man, poor Man". After Tom's death, Rudy tries to sort out his brother's inheritance, and Tom's son Wesley tries to get to know his father better and take revenge on his killer.