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Pobeditelʹ Gonkurovskoĭ premii za 2023 god.Zakhvatyvai͡ushchai͡a romanticheskai͡a istorii͡a o dvukh li͡udi͡akh, kotorye ne mogut ni li͡ubitʹ, ni ostavitʹ drug druga.Avgust 1986 goda, monastyrʹ na severe Italii. Sorok let glavnyĭ geroĭ zhil sredi monakhov, prismatrivai͡a za neĭ - svoeĭ posledneĭ rabotoĭ, statueĭ, kotorai͡a nikogo ne ostavli͡aet ravnodushnym.Ob istorii ee sozdanii͡a dosele nikomu ne bylo izvestno. Nakhodi͡asʹ na smertnom odre, muzhchina vspominaet sobytii͡a svoeĭ zhizni: obuchenie u zhestokogo skulʹptora-alkogolika na plato Pʹetra d"Alʹba, oplote mogushchestvennoĭ semʹi Orsini, i znakomstvo s Violoĭ, edinstvennoĭ docherʹi͡u Orsini.Vpervye vstretivshisʹ v podrostkovom vozraste, Viola i Mimo bok o bok provedut pervui͡u polovinu KhKh veka i stanut svideteli͡ami uzhasa mirovykh voĭn.So vremenem talant geroi͡a raskryvaetsi͡a v polnoĭ mere, i vot uzhe ego raboty zhazhdut zapoluchitʹ sebe v kollekt͡sii samye bogatye li͡udi, togda kak Viola neustanno pytaetsi͡a realizovatʹ svoi mechty ėmansipirovannoĭ zhenshchiny. Oba budut teri͡atʹ i nakhoditʹ drug druga snova i snova, to kak druzʹi͡a, to kak vragi, no nikogda ne otkazhutsi͡a pri ėtom ot prichudlivykh otnosheniĭ, chto ikh svi͡azyvai͡ut.Chitaĭte v razdele "Blog": Glavnykh geroev v romane troe: Mimo Vitaliani, Viola Orsini i zagadochnai͡a statui͡a. Mimo poluchaet ot Fortuny samye plokhie karty: nishchetu, odinochestvo, rabskiĭ trud na zhestokogo i zavistlivogo khozi͡aina-skulʹptora. No u Mimo genialʹnye ruki i ochenʹ stroptivyĭ kharakter! Viola, naslednit͡sa starinnogo i bogatogo dvori͡anskogo roda, kazalosʹ by, poluchaet ot sudʹby maksimum, no i ona zhazhdet vyrvatʹsi͡a iz ugotovannoĭ eĭ kletki, pustʹ dazhe ėta kletka zolotai͡a. Ikh vstrecha - neveroi͡atnai͡a sluchaĭnostʹ i uznavanie s pervogo vzgli͡ada, vzaimnoe priti͡azhenie i borʹba. Soobshchniki, soperniki, vragi, luchshie druzʹi͡a, - to sblizhai͡asʹ, to raskhodi͡asʹ nadolgo, Mimo i Viola prokhodi͡at skvozʹ bezumie fashizma, ispytanie slavoĭ i bogatstvom.Roman-prikli͡uchenie, izmenchivoe i i͡arkoe vpletenie chelovecheskikh sudeb v istoricheskui͡u kanvu.Ėta kniga ochenʹ frant͡suzskai͡a ‒ masterskai͡a, chetko strukturirovannai͡a, vyverennai͡a do maleĭsheĭ detali ‒ i ochenʹ italʹi͡anskai͡a ‒ shchedrai͡a, izbytochnai͡a karnavalʹnai͡a, skrezheshchushchai͡a, strashnai͡a, zhalkai͡ai likhai͡a. Potomu chto takoĭ personazh, potomu chto takai͡a ėpokha. Potomu chto takai͡a zhiznʹ.Alla Beli͡ak, perevodchik

The winner of the Goncourt Prize for 2023.An exciting romantic story about two people who can neither love nor leave each other.August 1986, a monastery in northern Italy. For forty years, the main character lived among the monks, looking after her — his latest work, a statue that leaves no one indifferent.No one knew about the history of its creation until now. On his deathbed, the man recalls the events of his life: studying with a violent alcoholic sculptor on the plateau of Pietra d'Alba, the stronghold of the powerful Orsini family, and meeting Viola, the only daughter of the Orsini.Having first met as teenagers, Viola and Mimo will spend the first half of the twentieth century side by side and witness the horror of world wars.Over time, the hero's talent is revealed to the fullest, and now the richest people are eager to get his works in their collections, while Viola is tirelessly trying to realize her dreams of an emancipated woman. Both will lose and find each other over and over again, sometimes as friends, sometimes as enemies, but they will never give up on the bizarre relationship that binds them.Read in the Blog section: There are three main characters in the novel: Past Vitaliani, Viola Orsini and the mysterious statue. Mimo gets the worst cards from Fortune: poverty, loneliness, slave labor for a cruel and envious master sculptor. But he has brilliant hands and a very obstinate character! Viola, the heiress of an ancient and wealthy noble family, seems to get the most out of fate, but she also longs to escape from the cage prepared for her, even if this cage is golden. Their meeting is an incredible coincidence and recognition at first sight, mutual attraction and struggle. Accomplices, rivals, enemies, best friends — sometimes getting closer, then parting for a long time, Past and Viola pass through the madness of fascism, the test of fame and fortune.A novel is an adventure, a changeable and vivid interweaving of human destinies into a historical canvas.This book is very French ‒ masterful, clearly structured, calibrated to the smallest detail ‒ and very Italian ‒ generous, excessive carnival, gnashing, scary, pathetic and dashing. Because of such a character, because of such an era. Because that's the kind of life.Alla Belyak, translator