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Kasumi rastet v blagopoluchnoĭ semʹe: otet͡s - krupnyĭ nachalʹnik, matʹ - tradit͡sionnai͡a domokhozi͡aĭka, starshiĭ brat tolʹko chto schastlivo zhenilsi͡a, a ee samu kholi͡at, lelei͡ut i nenavi͡azchivo znakomi͡at s perspektivnymi i nadezhnymi molodymi li͡udʹmi, podchinennymi ee ott͡sa, nadei͡asʹ vydatʹ zamuzh. Kasumi uchitsi͡a v universitete, posmeivaetsi͡a nad romantichnoĭ luchsheĭ podrugoĭ, nikakie pechali ee ne trevozhat, no otchego-to eĭ nespokoĭno. I kogda Kasumi sluchaĭno uznaet, chto odin iz perspektivnykh i nadezhnykh molodykh li͡udeĭ ne takoĭ uzh i nadezhnyĭ, a naoborot, vdokhnovennyĭ serdt͡seed, ona vtaĭne ot roditeleĭ zavi͡azyvaet s nim druzhbu i ne bez ironii nabli͡udaet za ego pokhozhdenii͡ami, uveri͡ai͡a sebi͡a, chto, konechno, nichutʹ ne revnuet i ni kapelʹki ne vli͡ublena...I͡Ukio Misima (1925-1970) - zvezda literatury XX veka, samyĭ chitaemyĭ v mire i͡aponskiĭ avtor, obladatelʹ blistatelʹnogo talanta, proslavivshiĭsi͡a kak svoimi rabotami shirochaĭshego diapazona i raznoobrazii͡a zhanrov (romany, pʹesy, rasskazy, ėsse), tak i oshelomitelʹnoĭ biografieĭ (oderzhimostʹ bodibildingom, kraĭne pravye politicheskie vzgli͡ady, kharakiri posle neudachnoĭ popytki monarkhicheskogo perevorota).Roman "Devushka iz khorosheĭ semʹi", spusti͡a god posle publikat͡sii s uspekhom ėkranizirovannyĭ rezhisserom Taro I͡Ugė, - obrazet͡s bolee pozdneĭ prozy Misimy, zerkalʹnai͡a komnata, tonkai͡a komedii͡a, satira na i͡aponskikh intellektualov i glubokiĭ analiz preobrazhenii͡a molodoĭ zhenshchiny v brake. Do sikh por ėtot roman ne perevodilsi͡a ni na kakie i͡azyki mira; pered vami ego pervai͡a publikat͡sii͡a na russkom. Chitatʹ dalʹshe…

Kasumi grows up in a prosperous family: her father is a big boss, her mother is a traditional housewife, her older brother has just married happily, and she herself is groomed, cherished, and unobtrusively introduced to promising and reliable young men, subordinates of her father, hoping to marry. Kasumi is studying at the university, laughing at her romantic best friend, no worries bother her, but for some reason she is uneasy. And when Kasumi accidentally finds out that one of the promising and reliable young men is not so reliable, but on the contrary, an inspired heartthrob, she secretly strikes up a friendship with him and, not without irony, watches his adventures, assuring herself that, of course, she is not at all jealous and not in the least bit in love...Yukio Mishima (1925-1970) was a star of twentieth—century literature, the world's most widely read Japanese author, the owner of a brilliant talent, famous for his works of the widest range and variety of genres (novels, plays, short stories, essays), and a stunning biography (obsession with bodybuilding, extreme right-wing political views, hara-kiri after an unsuccessful attempt at a monarchical coup).The novel "A Girl from a Good Family", successfully adapted by director Taro Yuge a year after its publication, is an example of Mishima's later prose, the mirrored room, a subtle comedy, a satire on Japanese intellectuals and a deep analysis of the transformation of a young woman in marriage. So far, this novel has not been translated into any languages of the world; this is its first publication in Russian. Read more…