Abstract to the book "Fourteen Days" by Atwood M., Preston D.:"Fourteen Days" is a unique novel in short stories created by 36 authors edited by such recognized masters as Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston, and with the support of the Writers Guild of the USA. The book is called an event in the world of literature — it is a kind of puzzle, reminiscent of Georges Perek's great experimental novel "Life, a way of using". Among the participants of the grandiose project, in addition to those already named, there is a whole constellation of brilliant names: Tess Gerritsen, John Grisham, Dave Eggers, Celeste Ing, Emma Donohue, etc. The invasion of the virus in 2020 sowed no less panic than in the Middle Ages. There were those who, like the heroes of the Decameron, fled from big cities, but someone had nowhere to run and had to isolate themselves within four walls. Terrified by lockdown, residents of a New York high-rise building climb out onto the roof at night to tell and listen to stories. Someone remembers the chilling contact with a ghost, someone inspiringly reads Marina Tsvetaeva's poems, but this neighbor talks about how to teach warring rabbits to get along with each other... More and more people come to the impromptu meetings, unaware that each story is secretly recorded by one of those present and accompanied by a comment. How will all these conversations end?..For the first time in Russian! Read more…