Сказители

"Skaziteli" - roman klassika kitaĭskoĭ literatury Lao Shė. V t͡sentre deĭstvii͡a - polnai͡a dramaticheskikh sobytiĭ zhiznʹ narodnogo skaziteli͡a Fan Baot͡sina i ego priemnoĭ docheri Si͡uli͡anʹ. Si͡uli͡anʹ dobra, talantliva i dostatochno umna, chtoby ponimatʹ bezradostnostʹ ugotovannoĭ eĭ sudʹby na samom dne chelovecheskogo obshchestva. Vedʹ ona vsego lishʹ prodannai͡a dochʹ nuzhdai͡ushchikhsi͡a roditeleĭ, i pustʹ Fan Baot͡sin dushi v neĭ ne chaet, vershina ego zaboty - pristroitʹ talantlivui͡u devushku kakomu-nibudʹ bogachu v nalozhnit͡sy. V inom sluchae ona obrechena torgovatʹ soboĭ na ulit͡sakh. Tak zavedeno v mire ulichnykh artistov. Poėtomu popytki Si͡uli͡anʹ vyrvatʹsi͡a iz porochnogo kruga kazhutsi͡a Fan Baot͡sinu sumasbrodnymi. Roman zanimaet osoboe mesto v tvorchestve Lao Shė. Mnogie personazhi, v tom chisle Fan Baot͡sin i Si͡uli͡anʹ imeli konkretnye prototipy, a v obraze pisateli͡a Mėn Li͡ana, druga semʹi Fan, netrudno raspoznatʹ lichnostʹ samogo avtora. Pomimo zaglavnogo romana v nastoi͡ashchui͡u knigu voshli povestʹ "Moi͡a zhiznʹ" i izbrannye rasskazy Lao Shė.

"Storytellers" is a novel by the classic Chinese writer Lao She. The action centers on the dramatic life of the folk storyteller Fan Baoqing and his adopted daughter Xiulian. Xiulian is kind, talented, and smart enough to understand the bleakness of her fate at the very bottom of human society. After all, she's just the sold—out daughter of needy parents, and even if Fang Baoqing dotes on her, the pinnacle of his concern is to attach a talented girl to some rich man as a concubine. Otherwise, she is doomed to sell herself on the streets. That's the way it is in the world of street performers. Therefore, Xiulian's attempts to break out of the vicious circle seem crazy to Fang Baoqing. The novel occupies a special place in Lao She's work. Many characters, including Fan Baoqing and Xiulian, had specific prototypes, and in the image of the writer Meng Liang, a friend of the Fan family, it is not difficult to recognize the identity of the author himself. In addition to the title novel, this book includes the novella "My Life" and selected short stories by Lao She.