Вечер у Клэр. Ночные дороги. Призрак Александра Вольфа. Эвелина и её друзья. Рассказы

Gaĭto Gazdanov - ne tolʹko odin iz samykh zametnykh pisateleĭ russkoĭ ėmigrat͡sii nachala XX veka, no: odin iz vazhneĭshikh russkikh pisateleĭ voobshche. V nastoi͡ashchiĭ sbornik voshli ego teksty, imei͡ushchie - v bolʹsheĭ ili menʹsheĭ stepeni - "avtobiograficheskiĭ ottenok": chetyre romana ("Vecher u Klėr", "Nochnye dorogi", "Prizrak Aleksandra Volʹfa", "Ėvelina i eë druzʹi͡a") i di͡uzhina rasskazov. Sostavitelʹ i avtor predislovii͡a - Zakhar Prilepin."Mne khotelosʹ by, nakonet͡s, soobshchitʹ potaënnoe i stolʹ vazhnoe dli͡a meni͡a.I͡A ne znai͡u pisateli͡a luchshe, chem Gaĭto Gazdanov.Smogu li i͡a ėto obʺi͡asnitʹ ili dokazatʹ? Net, nikogda.Zhiznʹ, polnai͡a ogromnykh sobytiĭ i stolʹ zhe udivitelʹnykh vstrech.Dobrovolet͡s dvukh voĭn, belogvardeet͡s-ėmigrant. Bednostʹ, bezdomnye skitanii͡a po Parizhu, rabota portovym gruzchikom, moĭshchikom parovozov, nochnym taksistom. Uchëba na istoriko-filologicheskom fakulʹtete Sorbonny. Uchastie v dei͡atelʹnosti frant͡suzskogo Soprotivlenii͡a v period Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ (redaktor informat͡sionnogo bi͡ulleteni͡a podpolʹi͡a), masonstvo (dostochtimyĭ master lozhi "Severnai͡a zvezda").Porazitelʹno, muchitelʹno, bezuprechno chuvstvui͡ushchiĭ, besposhchadnyĭ k sebe, besstrashnyĭ chelovek.S takim khotelosʹ by druzhitʹ. Voevatʹ. Mozhno dazhe - v protivostoi͡ashchikh drug drugu armii͡akh. Idti skvozʹ dikoe russkoe pole. Peremeshchatʹsi͡a skvozʹ nochnoĭ Parizh, gli͡adi͡a na razdavlennye nochnye ogni - i nichego ne govori͡a.U osetina Gazdanova, prozhivshego v Rossii vsego 17 let, - udivitelʹnogo bogatstva, chisteĭshego zvuchanii͡a russkiĭ i͡azyk.Ego chuvstvo arkhitektury teksta - bezuprechno.On umel peredavatʹ v svoeĭ proze tot tishaĭshiĭ gul nastigai͡ushchego nas mirozdanii͡a - vdrug delai͡ushchego na mig, kak vo vremi͡a udara molnii, vse predmety i͡asnymi.On slyshal muzyku mirozdanii͡a, kak slyshal eë Blok, kak slyshal eë Lermontov.Istinnyĭ gazdanovskiĭ si͡uzhet - ėto naĭdennai͡a i dovedënnai͡a do finala melodii͡a chelovecheskoĭ muki, vdrug, na samoĭ vershine otchai͡anii͡a, pretvori͡aemoĭ v khrustalʹno zvuchashchee schastʹe.Gazdanov privnës v russkui͡u literaturu tipazh zhenshchiny, kazalosʹ by, vetrenoĭ, no vedomoĭ ne rasputstvom, a toĭ samoĭ muzykoĭ, protivostoi͡atʹ kotoroĭ net nikakoĭ vozmozhnosti - potomu chto: razve estʹ veshchi vazhnee muzyki? Ne gibkiĭ um i ne gibkai͡a statʹ, a bezuprechnai͡a (v dvizhenii, zhestakh, vzgli͡adakh) intonat͡sii͡a delai͡ut ėtikh zhenshchin priti͡agatelʹnymi.Vsi͡a bessmyslit͡sa mira - preodolima. Ona preodolima v tot mig, kogda vdrug razdaëtsi͡a ėta dolgozhdannai͡a muzyka, i li͡ubimai͡a toboĭ zhenshchina vdrug stanovitsi͡a toĭ, kotoroĭ zadumana. Prichëm zadumana - i dli͡a sudʹby, i dli͡a tebi͡a".

Russian Russian writer Gaito Gazdanov is not only one of the most notable writers of the Russian emigration at the beginning of the 20th century, but also one of the most important Russian writers in general. This collection includes his texts that have, to a greater or lesser extent, an "autobiographical connotation": four novels ("Evening at Claire's", "Night Roads", "The Ghost of Alexander Wolf", "Evelina and her Friends") and a dozen short stories. The compiler and author of the preface is Zakhar Prilepin."I would like to finally tell you something that is so important to me.I do not know a better writer than Gaito Gazdanov.Can I explain it or prove it? No, never.A life full of huge events and equally amazing encounters.A volunteer of two wars, a White Guard emigrant. Poverty, homeless wandering around Paris, working as a longshoreman, a locomotive washer, a night taxi driver. Studies at the Sorbonne Faculty of History and Philology. Participation in the activities of the French Resistance during the Second World War (editor of the underground newsletter), Freemasonry (venerable master of the North Star Lodge).An amazingly, painfully, impeccably sensitive, ruthless, fearless man.I'd like to be friends with someone like that. To fight. You can even fight in opposing armies. Walking through a wild Russian field. Navigate through Paris at night, looking at the crushed night lights — and saying nothing.Ossetian Gazdanov, who has lived in Russia for only 17 years, has an amazing wealth and the purest sounding Russian language.His sense of text architecture is impeccable.He was able to convey in his prose that quiet hum of the universe that overtakes us — suddenly making all objects clear for a moment, as during a lightning strike.He heard the music of the universe, as Blok heard it, as Lermontov heard it.The true Gazdan plot is a melody of human torment found and brought to the final, suddenly, at the very peak of despair, transformed into crystal-sounding happiness.Gazdanov introduced into Russian literature the type of a woman, seemingly frivolous, but driven not by debauchery, but by the very music that there is no way to resist — because: are there any things more important than music? It is not the flexible mind or the flexible personality, but the impeccable intonation (in movement, gestures, looks) that make these women attractive.All the nonsense of the world is surmountable. It can be overcome at the moment when this long-awaited music is suddenly heard, and the woman you love suddenly becomes the one you intended. And it was conceived — both for fate and for you."