Коннемара

"Konnemara" - otkrovennyĭ roman o nesbyvshikhsi͡a mechtakh, vtorykh shansakh, li͡ubvi i t͡sene uspekha ot Nikoli͡a Matʹe, laureata Gonkurovskoĭ premii i avtora "I deti ikh posle nikh". Nazvanie romana pakhnet torfom i vlazhnoĭ travoĭ, zvuchit v ėlitnykh biznes-shkolakh, na selʹskikh svadʹbakh, v molodezhnykh nochnykh klubakh i na tikhikh semeĭnykh zastolʹi͡akh. Vse potomu, chto vo Frant͡sii pesni͡u Misheli͡a Sardu ob ozerakh Konnemary znai͡ut esli ne vse, to ochenʹ mnogie. I geroi romana ne iskli͡uchenie. Ėlen skoro sorok. Rodivshisʹ v malenʹkom gorode na vostoke Frant͡sii, ona userdno trudilasʹ, chtoby ostavitʹ provint͡sii͡u i postroitʹ zhiznʹ, dostoĭnui͡u gli͡ant͡sevykh zhurnalov, kotorye ona chitala podrostkom. Odnako teperʹ, kogda u nee, kazhetsi͡a, estʹ vse - muzh, dve docheri, uspeshnai͡a karʹera i ogromnyĭ dom, - ona chuvstvuet sebi͡a neudovletvorennoĭ, slovno gody zhizni proshli zri͡a. Kristofu nedavno ispolnilosʹ sorok, i on nikogda ne pokidal malenʹkiĭ gorodok, v kotorom ros. On uzhe ne tak krasiv, kak ranʹshe, razveden, zhivet v roditelʹskom dome, razvlekaetsi͡a, ustraivai͡a nelepye vykhodki s druzʹi͡ami, prodaet sobachiĭ korm i leleet mechtu igratʹ v khokkeĭ, pri͡amo kak v shestnadt͡satʹ let, kogda on byl shkolʹnoĭ zvezdoĭ. Kazalosʹ by, polnyĭ proval, odnako Kristof uveren, chto vse eshche vperedi. Ikh roman - besposhchadno aktualʹnai͡a, otkrovennai͡a, propitannai͡a melankholieĭ, nadezhdoĭ i i͡arostʹi͡u istorii͡a o li͡ubvi. No ne tolʹko o neĭ pishet Matʹe: na stranit͡sakh knigi obretaet golos ne odno pokolenie frant͡suzov. Edinoĭ pesneĭ zvuchat ikh krik, smekh, plach, shepot, ston. O knige• Istorii͡a li͡ubvi bez romanticheskikh illi͡uziĭ kak povod dli͡a otkrovennogo razgovora o prirode strasti, pami͡ati, opyte, nesbyvshikhsi͡a mechtakh i t͡sene prini͡atykh resheniĭ. • Masshtabnyĭ ėkskurs v kulʹturu i byt zhiteleĭ sovremennoĭ Frant͡sii i Frant͡sii 1990-kh i vzgli͡ad na zhiznʹ raznykh sot͡sialʹnykh sloev. • Avtor smelo rassuzhdaet na volnui͡ushchie sot͡sialʹnye temy: semeĭnye i li͡ubovnye problemy, vygoranie, karʹera, otnoshenii͡a roditeleĭ i deteĭ, smertʹ i mnogoe drugoe. • Geroi romana - interesnye i mnogogrannye personazhi, dalekie ot ideala, so znakomymi somnenii͡ami, oshibkami i psikhologicheskimi konfliktami. • "Konnemara" byla ėkranizirovana v 2025 godu rezhisserom Aleksom Li͡utt͡sem. Premʹera filʹma sostoi͡alasʹ na Kannskom kinofestivale. • Nikoli͡a Matʹe - frant͡suzskiĭ pisatelʹ, laureat Gonkurovskoĭ premii za roman "I deti ikh posle nikh". • Stilʹnoe oformlenie, otsylai͡ushchee k buntarskomu graffiti, tverdyĭ pereplet s pokrytiem soft-tach. Kniga "Konnemara" - velikolepnyĭ obrazet͡s sovremennoĭ frant͡suzskoĭ literatury, psikhologicheskiĭ roman, kotoryĭ otlichno podoĭdet kak kniga v podarok li͡ubiteli͡u takoĭ sot͡sialʹnoĭ sovremennoĭ prozy i romanov vzroslenii͡a, kak "Velness" Neĭtana Khilla, "Pami͡atʹ devushki" i "Obyknovennai͡a strastʹ. Styd" Anni Ėrno, "Vtoroe mesto" Reĭchel Kask, trilogii "Detstvo", "I͡Unostʹ", "Zavisimostʹ" Tove Ditlevsen, "Serotonin" Misheli͡a Uėlʹbeka.

"Connemara" is a frank novel about unfulfilled dreams, second chances, love and the price of success from Nicolas Mathieu, winner of the Goncourt Prize and author of "And their children after them." The novel's title smells of peat and wet grass, and is heard in elite business schools, rural weddings, youth nightclubs, and quiet family gatherings. That's because in France, Michel Sardou's song about the Connemara Lakes is known, if not by everyone, then by a lot of people. And the characters of the novel are no exception. Helen is almost forty. Born in a small town in eastern France, she worked hard to leave the provinces and build a life worthy of the glossy magazines she read as a teenager. However, now that she seems to have everything — a husband, two daughters, a successful career and a huge house —she feels dissatisfied, as if the years of her life have been in vain. Christophe recently turned forty, and he never left the small town where he grew up. He is no longer as handsome as he used to be, divorced, living in his parents' house, having fun, arranging ridiculous antics with friends, selling dog food and cherishing the dream of playing hockey, just like when he was sixteen, when he was a school star. It would seem to be a complete failure, but Christophe is sure that everything is still ahead. Their novel is a ruthlessly topical, frank, melancholy, hopeful and furious love story. But Mathieu doesn't just write about her: more than one generation of Frenchmen finds their voice on the pages of the book. Their screams, laughter, crying, whispers, and groans are a single song. About the book• A love story without romantic illusions as an excuse for a frank conversation about the nature of passion, memory, experience, unfulfilled dreams and the cost of decisions. • A large-scale excursion into the culture and way of life of the inhabitants of modern France and France in the 1990s and a look at the life of different social strata. • The author boldly discusses social issues of concern: family and love problems, burnout, career, parent-child relationships, death, and more. The characters of the novel are interesting and multifaceted characters, far from ideal, with familiar doubts, mistakes and psychological conflicts. • Connemara was filmed in 2025 by director Alex Lutz. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Nicolas Mathieu is a French writer, winner of the Goncourt Prize for the novel "And their children after them." • Stylish design, referring to rebellious graffiti, hardcover with soft-touch coating. The book "Connemara" is a magnificent example of modern French literature, a psychological novel that is perfect as a gift book for lovers of such modern social prose and novels of growing up as "Wellness" by Nathan Hill, "Memory of a Girl" and "Ordinary Passion. Shame" by Annie Erno, "Second Place" by Rachel Kask, trilogies "Childhood", "Youth", "Addiction" by Tove Ditlevsen, "Serotonin" by Michel Houellebecq.