Север и Юг. Великая сага. Кн.1

Dzhon Dzheĭks sozdal odnu iz samykh masshtabnykh amerikanskikh sag XX veka - trilogii͡u "Sever i I͡Ug", v kotoroĭ chastnye sudʹby spletai͡utsi͡a s dramoĭ t͡seloĭ strany. Deĭstvie nachinaetsi͡a v 1840-e gody, kogda Soedinënnye Shtaty eshchë pytai͡utsi͡a sokhranitʹ khrupkoe ravnovesie mezhdu promyshlennym Severom i plantatorskim I͡Ugom. V t͡sentre povestvovanii͡a - dve semʹi: Mėĭny iz I͡Uzhnoĭ Karoliny i Khazardy iz Pensilʹvanii. Orri Mėĭn i Dzhordzh Khazard znakomi͡atsi͡a i stanovi͡atsi͡a druzʹi͡ami vo vremi͡a uchëby v Vest-Poĭnte. Ikh svi͡azyvaet molodostʹ, voinskai͡a chestʹ i obshchie ispytanii͡a, no za predelami akademii mir stremitelʹno meni͡aetsi͡a. Politicheskie protivorechii͡a, ėkonomicheskie interesy, vopros rabstva i narastai͡ushchiĭ fanatizm raskalyvai͡ut stranu - i postepenno vtorgai͡utsi͡a v lichnui͡u zhiznʹ geroev. Li͡ubovʹ i revnostʹ, predannostʹ i ambit͡sii, semeĭnye konflikty i tragicheskie vybory razvorachivai͡utsi͡a na fone nadvigai͡ushcheĭsi͡a Grazhdanskoĭ voĭny. Dzheĭks pokazyvaet ėpokhu vo vseĭ eë protivorechivosti: bez odnoznachnykh geroev i zlodeev, no s zhivymi li͡udʹmi, kazhdyĭ iz kotorykh po-svoemu prav i po-svoemu zabluzhdaetsi͡a. Ego roman - ėto i istorii͡a muzhskoĭ druzhby, i khronika raspada edinoĭ nat͡sii, i popytka poni͡atʹ, kak idealy stalkivai͡utsi͡a s realʹnostʹi͡u. Kniga ponravitsi͡a tem, kto t͡senit shirokie istoricheskie polotna s vnimaniem k chelovecheskim sudʹbam. Ona napomnit atmosferu romana "Unesënnye vetrom" Margaret Mitchell - toĭ zhe strastʹi͡u, masshtabom i dramatizmom i͡uzhnoĭ temy. Poklonnikam semeĭnykh khronik v dukhe "Poi͡ushchikh v ternovnike" Kolin Makkalou ona tozhe budet blizka - tem, kak lichnai͡a zhiznʹ geroev perepletaetsi͡a s sudʹboĭ ėpokhi. Po trilogii byl sni͡at odnoimënnyĭ serial, sozdannyĭ telekanalom ABC, kotoryĭ v svoë vremi͡a stal televizionnym sobytiem. Glavnye roli ispolnili Patrik Suėĭzi i Dzheĭms Rid, a v proekte takzhe prini͡ali uchastie Ėlizabet Teĭlor i drugie izvestnye aktëry, chto lishʹ usililo interes k literaturnomu pervoistochniku. Dzhon Dzheĭks - amerikanskiĭ pisatelʹ, proslavivshiĭsi͡a imenno istoricheskimi sagami. Ego romany otlichai͡utsi͡a tshchatelʹnoĭ rabotoĭ s materialom i stremleniem pokazatʹ istorii͡u ne cherez sukhie daty, a cherez sudʹby li͡udeĭ, okazavshikhsi͡a v ėpit͡sentre perelomnykh sobytiĭ.

John Jakes created one of the most ambitious American sagas of the 20th century, the North and South trilogy, in which private destinies are intertwined with the drama of an entire country. The action begins in the 1840s, when the United States is still trying to maintain a delicate balance between the industrial North and the plantation South. The story centers on two families: the Maines from South Carolina and the Hazzards from Pennsylvania. Orrie Main and George Hazard meet and become friends while studying at West Point. They are connected by youth, military honor and common trials, but the world is changing rapidly outside the academy. Political contradictions, economic interests, the issue of slavery and growing fanaticism are splitting the country — and gradually invading the personal lives of the heroes. Love and jealousy, devotion and ambition, family conflicts and tragic choices unfold against the backdrop of an impending Civil War. Jakes shows the era in all its inconsistency: without unambiguous heroes and villains, but with real people, each of whom is right in his own way and mistaken in his own way. His novel is a story of male friendship, a chronicle of the disintegration of a united nation, and an attempt to understand how ideals collide with reality. The book will appeal to those who appreciate broad historical canvases with attention to human destinies. It will recall the atmosphere of the novel "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell — with the same passion, scale and drama of the southern theme. Fans of family chronicles in the spirit of Colleen McCullough's "Singing in the Thorn" will also be close to her, as the characters' personal lives are intertwined with the fate of the era. Based on the trilogy, a series of the same name was filmed, created by ABC, which at one time became a television event. The main roles were played by Patrick Swayze and James Reid, and Elizabeth Taylor and other famous actors also took part in the project, which only increased interest in the literary source. John Jakes is an American writer who became famous for his historical sagas. His novels are characterized by careful work with the material and the desire to show the story not through dry dates, but through the fate of people caught in the epicenter of crucial events.