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Snachala byla zemli͡a. I v zemle zhil dukh. I vot odnazhdy vosparil on nad poverkhnostʹi͡u i vselilsi͡a v derevo. Shli gody, zemli͡a raskalyvalasʹ i sobiralasʹ vnovʹ, izgibai͡asʹ, meni͡ai͡a formu i imena. A dukh byl vechnym i prodolzhal zhitʹ, smeni͡ai͡a smertnye obolochki, v svoem li͡ubopytstve nabli͡udai͡a za stanovleniem togo mira, kotoryĭ my znaem segodni͡a.Dukh stanet chelovekom i peredast svoi͡u istorii͡u potomkam. A oni - svoim. I te - svoim, podderzhivai͡a vechnyĭ, neobratimyĭ t͡sikl."Skaziteli" taĭskogo pisateli͡a Utkhita Khemamuna - odin iz tekh po-nastoi͡ashchemu serʹeznykh romanov, v kotorykh prekrasno umeshchai͡utsi͡a razlichnye zhanry: i semeĭnyĭ, i psikhologicheskiĭ, i bytovoĭ roman, i ėpicheskoe prikli͡uchenie, i legendy, i istorii͡a vzroslenii͡a. Vse ėto - si͡uzhety pi͡ati skaziteleĭ, prinadlezhashchikh odnoĭ semʹe, no zhivushchikh v raznykh mestakh i v raznoe vremi͡a. Ėta kniga pokazyvaet dalekiĭ ot nas mir taĭskoĭ istorii i kulʹtury, raskryvai͡a ego bogatstvo, izobilie i podlinnui͡u krasotu. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

First there was earth. And there was a spirit in the ground. And then one day he soared above the surface and took possession of a tree. As the years passed, the earth split and reassembled, bending, changing shape and names. But the spirit was eternal and continued to live, changing its mortal shells, watching in its curiosity the formation of the world that we know today.The spirit will become a human and pass on its history to posterity. And they're theirs. And they are their own, maintaining an eternal, irreversible cycle."Storytellers" by Thai writer Uthit Hemamun is one of those truly serious novels that perfectly combine various genres: family, psychological, household novel, epic adventure, legends, and the story of growing up. All these are the plots of five storytellers belonging to the same family, but living in different places and at different times. This book shows the distant world of Thai history and culture, revealing its richness, abundance and authentic beauty. Read more…