Блистательные годы. Гран-Канария

Archibalʹd Dzhozef Kronin (1896-1981) rodilsi͡a v Shotlandii, okonchil Universitet Glazgo, rabotal vrachom v I͡Uzhnom Uėlʹse i Londone. No ego istinnym prizvaniem stala literatura, kotoroĭ on posvi͡atil sebi͡a posle oglushitelʹnogo uspekha svoego pervogo romana "Zamok Broudi". Iz drugikh knig A. Kronina naibolee izvestny "Zvezdy smotri͡at vniz", "T͡Sitadelʹ", "I͡Unye gody", "Putʹ Shennona", "Kli͡uchi T͡Sarstva", "Pami͡atnik krestonost͡su", "Tri li͡ubvi". Samye i͡arkie romany prinadlezhat k chislu bestsellerov, razoshedshikhsi͡a ogromnymi tirazhami po vsemu miru; po motivam proizvedeniĭ Kronina sozdano bolee 30 ėkranizat͡siĭ. No nelʹzi͡a skazatʹ, chto, ostaviv vrachebnui͡u praktiku, Archibalʹd Kronin navsegda rasproshchalsi͡a s medit͡sinoĭ. Ėta professii͡a, svi͡azannye s neĭ problemy i vyzovy vremeni vsegda budili tvorcheskoe voobrazhenie pisateli͡a, poėtomu glavnym geroem ego knig chasto stanovilsi͡a talantlivyĭ i t͡seleustremlennyĭ vrach - tot, komu avtor mog peredatʹ svoi idei, vzgli͡ady, iskanii͡a. Oderzhim li͡ubimoĭ rabotoĭ Dunkan Stirling, geroĭ povesti "Blistatelʹnye gody". Nesmotri͡a na iskalechennui͡u ruku, on polon reshimosti dobitʹsi͡a mirovoĭ slavy na medit͡sinskom poprishche. Mechtaet ob ėtom i Kharvi Leĭt ("Gran-Kanarii͡a"). Odarennyĭ vrach i issledovatelʹ, uverennyĭ, chto ego otkrytie sovershit perevorot v nauke, on terpit zhestokui͡u neudachu i otpravli͡aetsi͡a na Kanarskie ostrova, chtoby nachatʹ vse s nuli͡a... V nebolʹshoĭ povesti "Mestnyĭ doktor" rasskazana romanticheskai͡a i zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a istorii͡a vracha Roberta Mi͡urrei͡a i medsestry Mėri, pribyvshikh na otdalennyĭ karibskiĭ ostrov nakanune zloveshchikh sobytiĭ... Vpervye na russkom!

Archibald Joseph Cronin (1896-1981) was born in Scotland, graduated from the University of Glasgow, worked as a doctor in South Wales and London. But his true vocation was literature, to which he devoted himself after the resounding success of his first novel, Castle Brody. Of A. Cronin's other books, the most famous are "Stars look Down", "Citadel", "Young Years", "Shannon's Way", "Keys of the Kingdom", "Monument to the Crusader", "Three Loves". The most striking novels are among the bestsellers that have sold huge copies around the world; more than 30 film adaptations have been created based on the works of Cronin. But it cannot be said that, having left medical practice, Archibald Cronin said goodbye to medicine forever. This profession, the problems and challenges of the time associated with it have always awakened the creative imagination of the writer, so the main character of his books often became a talented and purposeful doctor — the one to whom the author could convey his ideas, views, and searches. Duncan Stirling, the hero of the novel "The Brilliant Years", is obsessed with his favorite work. Despite his crippled arm, he is determined to achieve world fame in the medical field. Harvey Leith (Gran Canaria) also dreams about it. A gifted doctor and researcher, confident that his discovery will make a revolution in science, he suffers a cruel failure and goes to the Canary Islands to start everything from scratch... The short story "The Local Doctor" tells the romantic and exciting story of doctor Robert Murray and nurse Mary, who arrived on a remote Caribbean island on the eve of sinister events... For the first time in Russian!