Баталист. Территория команчей

Annotat͡sii͡a k knige 'Batalist. Territorii͡a komancheĭ' Peres-Reverte A.:Byvshiĭ voennyĭ fotograf, udalivshisʹ ot mira, sidit v bashne i pishet fresku - svoi͡u samui͡u vazhnui͡u, absoli͡utnui͡u, finalʹnui͡u rabotu, polnui͡u boli, krovi i voĭny. Nyneshniĭ voennyĭ telezhurnalist i ego operator na Balkanakh karauli͡at vzryv mosta. K fotografu prikhodit tot, chʹi͡a zhiznʹ poletela pod otkos iz-za odnogo-edinstvennogo fotokadra, - i posredi ostorozhnykh razgovorov o mirovom iskusstve, maskirui͡ushchikh gore utraty, i zhazhdu mesti, i li͡ubovʹ, i otchai͡anie, i postydnye sekrety, u oboikh otkryvai͡utsi͡a glaza. Most poka t͡sel, no vzryv sluchitsi͡a vot-vot, i zhurnalisty snimut ego, esli uspei͡ut, esli ostanutsi͡a zhivy na ėtoĭ territorii komancheĭ, gde 'instinkt podskazyvaet voennomu reporteru, chto nuzhno tormozitʹ i povorachivatʹ nazad... dorogi bezli͡udny, a doma prevratilisʹ v obgorevshie ruiny; kazhetsi͡a, chto vot-vot nastupi͡at sumerki... ty ne vidishʹ snaĭperskikh vintovok, no oni vidi͡at tebi͡a'... 'Batalist' i 'Territorii͡a komancheĭ' - dve istorii Arturo Peresa-Reverte, vymyshlennai͡a i dokumentalʹnai͡a, ob odnom i tom zhe: gri͡azʹ, krovʹ, strakh i gore voĭny v Bosnii i vsekh prochikh voĭn glazami li͡udeĭ, chʹi͡a rabota - smotretʹ i pokazyvatʹ drugim to, chto uvideli.Peres-Reverte - byvshiĭ voennyĭ zhurnalist, rabotavshiĭ vo mnozhestve gori͡achikh tochek, proslavlennyĭ avtor blesti͡ashchikh istoricheskikh, voennykh, prikli͡uchencheskikh romanov, perevedennykh na sorok i͡azykov, sozdatelʹ t͡sikla o kapitane Diego Alatriste, obladatelʹ prestizhneĭshikh literaturnykh nagrad. Emu estʹ chto rasskazatʹ o voĭne - on tam byl, i ne raz. 'Na li͡uboĭ voĭne, - govorit on, - proiskhodit odno i to zhe: gde-to neschastnye, polumertvye ot strakha li͡udi v voennoĭ forme raznykh formirovaniĭ streli͡ai͡ut drug v druga, sidi͡a v okopakh, peremazannye glinoĭ, a kakoĭ-nibudʹ urod v ui͡utnom kabinete s kondit͡sionerom, pokurivai͡a sigaru, daleko ot linii fronta zanimaetsi͡a razrabotkoĭ dizaĭna znamen, sozdaniem nat͡sionalʹnykh gimnov i ustanovkoĭ pami͡atnikov neizvestnomu soldatu, zarabatyvai͡a takim obrazom na vseĭ ėtoĭ krovi i derʹme'. Na voĭne nevozmozhno bytʹ romantikom. Na voĭne nevozmozhno bytʹ obʺektivnym. Na voĭne nevozmozhno ne poni͡atʹ, chto voĭny bytʹ ne dolzhno. 'Batalist' i 'Territorii͡a komancheĭ' snabzheny obshirnymi kommentarii͡ami. 'Territorii͡a komancheĭ' publikuetsi͡a v novom perevode. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Summary of the book 'The Batalist. Comanche Territory' Perez-Reverte A.: A former war photographer, having retired from the world, sits in a tower and paints a fresco — his most important, absolute, final work, full of pain, blood and war. The current military TV journalist and his cameraman in the Balkans are guarding the explosion of the bridge. Someone comes to the photographer whose life has gone downhill because of a single photo frame — and in the midst of careful conversations about world art, masking grief of loss, and thirst for revenge, and love, and despair, and shameful secrets, both eyes open. The bridge is still intact, but the explosion is about to happen, and the journalists will take it off if they make it, if they stay alive in this Comanche territory, where 'instinct tells a military reporter to slow down and turn back... The roads are deserted, and the houses have turned into burnt ruins; it seems that dusk is about to come... you don't see the sniper rifles, but they see you.'.. 'Batalist' and 'Comanche Territory' are two stories by Arturo Perez-Reverte, fictional and documentary, about the same thing: dirt, blood, fear and grief of the war in Bosnia and all other wars through the eyes of people whose job is to watch and show others what they saw.Perez-Reverte is a former military journalist who worked in many hot spots, the famous author of brilliant historical, military, adventure novels translated into forty languages, the creator of the series about Captain Diego Alatriste, the winner of the most prestigious literary awards. He has a lot to tell about the war — he was there, and more than once. "In any war," he says, "the same thing happens: somewhere unhappy, half—dead from fear, people in military uniforms of different formations shoot at each other, sitting in trenches, smeared with clay, and some freak in a cozy office with air conditioning, smoking a cigar, far from the front line He designs banners, creates national anthems and erects monuments to the unknown soldier, thus earning money from all this blood and shit." It's impossible to be romantic in a war. It is impossible to be objective in war. In a war, it is impossible not to understand that there should be no war. 'Batalist' and 'Comanche Territory' are provided with extensive commentary. 'Comanche Territory' is published in a new translation. Read more…