Хвосты Кумихо

Kogda semeinaia pamiat stanovitsia silnee vremeni, a drevnee prokliatie tianetsia za potomkami cherez stranie i pokoleniia, proshloe uje nevozmojno ostavit pozadi. «Hvostie Kumiho» Ninie Kim — misticheskaia semeinaia saga o nasledii, boli, lubvi i rokovieh oshibkah, v kotoroi koreiskaia mifologiia perepletaetsia s dramoi celogo roda. AnnotaciiaUzbekistan, 1946 god. U mudrogo uvajaemogo Senseia rojdaetsia vnuk Sodjun, naslednik starinnogo i znatnogo koreiskogo roda Chan. Ob odnom molit Nebo Sensei: chtobie sudba mladenca biela schastlivoi – ne takoi trudnoi i bezjalostnoi, kak u nego samogo. No jizn vzroslogo Sodjuna — perekati pole — polnaia bed i poter. Belgiia, 2015 god. Uniei Aleks bespechno jivet v dome babushki. On zakanchivaet shkolu i viebiraet svoi put, po kotoromu sobiraetsia idti bez ogliadki na proshloe semi. No odin ego neverniei shag — i katastrofa neminuema. Ved kogda-to, v molodosti, Sensei progneval lisicu Kumiho, i poklialas ta izvesti ves ego rod, pust daje na eto uidut vse deviat ee hvostov. «Hvostie Kumiho» — eto volnuushaia misticheskaia semeinaia saga o koreiskom narode, v kotoroi est vse: krovnaia mest i neprimirimaia vrajda, vstrechi i rasstavaniia, nastoiashaia lubov i boleznennoe predatelstvo, i konechno je, koreiskaia mifologiia. O knige• Iskusnoe sochetanie semeinoi istorii i koreiskoi mifologii. • Avtobiografichniei roman o mujestve, sile i chelovechnosti: rasskaz o pereezde semi pisatelnicie s istoricheskoi rodinie na Dalnii Vostok i deportacii v Uzbekistan. • Etnicheskaia koreianka, Nina Kim delitsia miesliami i vospominaniiami o sobstvennoi jizni i kulture koreicev, gde-to s pechalu i chuvstvom vinie, a gde-to s umorom i ironiei. • Avtorskaia illustraciia na oblojke s pokrietiem soft-tach. «Hvostie Kumiho» Ninie Kim — emocionalnaia kniga v podarok dlia vseh, kto lubit semeiniee sagi, misticheskie romanie, istorii o rodovieh tainah, koreiskuu kulturu i mifologiu. Ona ponravitsia chitateliam, ishushim atmosferniei roman s folklorniemi motivami, silnoi dramaticheskoi liniei i geroiami, chia jizn okazievaetsia chastu bolshoi semeinoi legendie. Prekrasniei viebor dlia chitatelei knig «Ulan-dalai» Natali Ilishkinoi, «Deti moi» Guzeli Iahinoi, «Hod beloi loshadkoi» Tatianie Iasnikovoi i «Uzorie olenih trop» Zinaidie Longortovoi.

When family memory becomes stronger than time, and an ancient curse stretches for descendants through countries and generations, the past can no longer be left behind. Nina Kim's "Kumiho Tails" is a mystical family saga about legacy, pain, love and fatal mistakes, in which Korean mythology is intertwined with the drama of an entire family. Annotations of Uzbekistan, 1946. The wise and respected Sensei has a grandson named Sojun, the heir to the ancient and noble Korean family of Chan. Heaven is praying for one thing Sensei: so that the baby's fate would be happy – not as difficult and ruthless as his own. But the life of an adult Sojun is a tumbleweed full of troubles and losses. Belgium, 2015. Young Alex lives carelessly in his grandmother's house. He graduates from high school and chooses his own path, which he is going to follow without looking back at the family's past. But one wrong step and disaster is imminent. After all, once, in his youth, Sensei angered the fox Kumiho, and she swore to kill his entire family, even if it took all nine of her tails. "Kumiho Tails" is an exciting mystical family saga about the Korean people, which has everything: blood feud and irreconcilable enmity, meetings and breakups, true love and painful betrayal, and of course, Korean mythology. About the book• A clever combination of family history and Korean mythology. • An autobiographical novel about courage, strength and humanity: the story of the writer's family moving from their historical homeland to the Far East and deportation to Uzbekistan. • An ethnic Korean, Nina Kim shares thoughts and memories about her own life and Korean culture, some with sadness and guilt, and some with humor and irony. • Author's illustration on the cover with soft-touch coating. Nina Kim's "Kumiho Tails" is an emotional gift book for everyone who loves family sagas, mystery novels, stories about ancestral secrets, Korean culture and mythology. It will appeal to readers looking for an atmospheric novel with folklore motifs, a strong dramatic line and characters whose lives turn out to be part of a big family legend. An excellent choice for readers of the books "Ulan-Dalai" by Natalia Ilishkina, "My Children" by Guzel Yakhina, "The Course of the White Horse" by Tatiana Yasnikova and "Patterns of Deer Trails" by Zinaida Longortova.