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V vek do nasheĭ ėry. Sirakuzy. Idet Peloponesskai͡a voĭna, i sotni afini͡an posle neudachnogo nastuplenii͡a na Sirakuzy okazyvai͡utsi͡a v plenu. Ikh derzhat v karʹere, oni gibnut ot goloda,zhazhdy, bolezneĭ. Dva sirakuzi͡anina, bezrabotnye gonchary Gelon i Lampon, reshai͡ut postavitʹ silami plennykh afini͡an spektaklʹ - "Medei͡u" Evripida. No v aktery, kotorykh obeshchai͡ut kormitʹ i poitʹ, berut tolʹko tekh, kto mozhet po pami͡ati rasskazatʹ khotʹ neskolʹko strok iz velikoĭ tragedii. Nuzhno naĭti denʹgi i na pitanie, i na kosti͡umy, i na dekorat͡sii. A eshche ugovoritʹ sit͡siliĭt͡sev, kotorye nenavidi͡at afini͡an, priĭti na predstavlenie. - Roman, v kotorom istorii͡a ėpokhi Drevneĭ Gret͡sii obretaet sovremennyĭ golos.- Ėta kniga - oda li͡udskoĭ sposobnosti tvoritʹ v li͡ubykh obstoi͡atelʹstvakh.- Avtor umelo sochetaet legkostʹ i glubinu, i͡umor i serʹeznostʹ.- Kniga mgnovenno zakhvatyvaet vnimanie i chitaetsi͡a na odnom dykhanii.- Rasskaz o tom, kak malenʹkoe, pochti bezumnoe nachinanie mozhet mnogoe izmenitʹ, zarazit vas ėnergieĭ i veroĭ v silu ideĭ.

5th century BC. Syracuse. The Peloponnesian War is underway, and hundreds of Athenians are captured after an unsuccessful offensive against Syracuse. They are kept in a quarry, they die of hunger, thirst, and disease. Two Syracusans, unemployed potters Gelon and Lampon, decide to stage a performance of Euripides' Medea by the forces of the captured Athenians. But the actors who are promised to be fed and watered are taken only by those who can recite at least a few lines from the great tragedy from memory. We need to find money for food, costumes, and decorations. And also to persuade the Sicilians, who hate the Athenians, to come to the performance. – A novel in which the history of the era of Ancient Greece finds a modern voice.– This book is an ode to the human ability to create in any circumstances.– The author skillfully combines lightness and depth, humor and seriousness.– The book instantly captures attention and is read in one go.– A story about how a small, almost insane undertaking can change a lot will infect you with energy and faith in the power of ideas.