Зеркало Ноя

Geroĭ bolʹshinstva rasskazov Lʹva Alʹtmarka - izrailʹskiĭ repatriant, priekhavshiĭ iz Rossii. On i͡asno osoznaët, chto dli͡a komfortnogo ustroĭstva v ėtoĭ stremitelʹno meni͡ai͡ushcheĭsi͡a zhizni neobkhodimo statʹ bolee zhëstkim, naporistym, umei͡ushchim sglazhivatʹ ostrye ugly, a u nego ėto nikak ne poluchaetsi͡a. Da on i ne stremitsi͡a k ėtomu.Pytai͡asʹ razobratʹsi͡a v prichinakh konfliktov, to i delo voznikai͡ushchikh mezhdu nim i okruzhai͡ushchim mirom, on vsë bolʹshe i bolʹshe ubezhdaetsi͡a, chto vinoĭ vsemu ne strana, prezhni͡ai͡a ili novoobretënnai͡a, i dazhe ne li͡udi, okruzhai͡ushchie ego, a nechto bolee glubinnoe, vnutrennee. I poka on ne razberëtsi͡a s samim soboĭ, ne nastupit zhelannoe umirotvorenie, a konflikty budut voznikatʹ snova i snova…Vremi͡a i mesto rasskazov v knige 'Zerkalo Noi͡a' uslovno: oni sozdavalisʹ v raznoe vremi͡a i v raznykh stranakh. Kakie-to iz nikh byli opublikovany, no estʹ i novye, napisannye sovsem nedavno.

The hero of most of Lev Altmark's stories is an Israeli immigrant who came from Russia. He clearly understands that for a comfortable device in this rapidly changing life, it is necessary to become more rigid, assertive, able to smooth out sharp corners, and he does not succeed in this. Nor does he seek to do so.Trying to understand the causes of the conflicts that constantly arise between him and the world around him, he becomes more and more convinced that the fault is not the country, the old or newfound, and not even the people around him, but something deeper, inner. And until he deals with himself, the desired peace will not come, and conflicts will arise again and again…The time and place of the stories in the book "The Mirror of Noah" is conditional: they were created at different times and in different countries. Some of them have been published, but there are also new ones written quite recently.