Человек маркизы

Konflikt ott͡sov i deteĭ star kak mir i opisan vo mnozhestve knig. No, okazyvaetsi͡a, i zdesʹ mozhno skazatʹ novoe slovo. I͡An Vaĭler ubeditelʹno ėto dokazyvaet, rasskazyvai͡a istorii͡u Kim i eë ott͡sa - Ronalʹda Papena, kotorogo ona pervye pi͡atnadt͡satʹ let svoeĭ zhizni znala po staroĭ, nechëtkoĭ fotografii v semeĭnom alʹbome. Khotela li ona s nim poznakomitʹsi͡a? Vri͡ad li - vedʹ ona o nëm nichego ne znala. Byla li ona rada, kogda matʹ otpravila ee k ott͡su v kachestve nakazanii͡a? Tozhe vri͡ad li. Da i kto rad nakazanii͡u. I, nakonet͡s, mogla li ona predpolozhitʹ, chto znakomstvo s ėtim strannym chelovekom, samym, navernoe, neudachlivym v mire torgovt͡sem navesami-markizami, stanet znachitelʹnym sobytiem v ee zhizni? Da chto tam - perevernët zhiznʹ na sto vosemʹdesi͡at gradusov. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

The conflict between fathers and children is as old as the world and is described in many books. But it turns out that a new word can be said here, too. Jan Weiler proves this convincingly by telling the story of Kim and her father, Ronald Papen, whom she knew for the first fifteen years of her life from an old, fuzzy photograph in a family album. Did she want to meet him? I don't think so, because she didn't know anything about him. Was she happy when her mother sent her to her father as punishment? I don't think so either. And who is happy about the punishment. And finally, could she have imagined that meeting this strange man, probably the most unsuccessful awning dealer in the world, would be a significant event in her life? It's going to turn life around a hundred and eighty degrees. Read more…