Континентальный роман

Novyĭ roman avtora "Dvort͡sa utoplennit͡sy". Anri, sluzhivshiĭ zhandarmom v Alzhire, s nachalom voĭny za nezavisimostʹ bezhal iz strany i teperʹ rabotaet na dalʹnikh rodstvennikov, zani͡atykh kakimi-to mutnymi delami. Luiza, rodivshai͡asi͡a v neprimechatelʹnoĭ angliĭskoĭ derevenʹke i posvi͡ativshai͡a sebi͡a ukhodu za ott͡som, invalidom Vtoroĭ mirovoĭ, mechtaet vyrvatʹsi͡a iz glushi v bolʹshoĭi prekrasnyĭ mir. Ikh puti peresekutsi͡a v Ispanii, gde Luiza prisvoit to, chto Anri obi͡azan vernutʹ, inache emu ne pozdorovitsi͡a. On puskaetsi͡a za neĭ v pogoni͡u cherez vsi͡u Evropu - iz Granady v Parizh, iz Belgrada v Stambul, - no nikak ne mozhet sdelatʹ reshitelʹnyĭ shag, i beskonechnai͡a igra v koshki-myshki dlitsi͡a i dlitsi͡a. Oboim predstoit primiritʹsi͡a s trudnym proshlym, uznatʹ taĭny drugdruga i napisatʹ istorii͡u sobstvennoĭ zhizni, otkazavshisʹ ot privychnykh si͡uzhetov, v kotorykh "plokhie" geroi obi͡azatelʹno zasluzhivai͡ut nakazanii͡a.

A new novel by the author of "The Drowned Woman's Palace". Henri, who served as a gendarme in Algeria, fled the country at the beginning of the War of Independence and now works for distant relatives engaged in some murky business. Louise, who was born in an unremarkable English village and devoted herself to caring for her father, who was disabled during World War II, dreams of escaping from the wilderness into a larger and more beautiful world. Their paths will cross in Spain, where Louise will appropriate what Henri is obliged to return, otherwise he will not be well. He chases her across Europe—from Granada to Paris, from Belgrade to Istanbul— but he can't take the plunge, and the endless game of cat and mouse goes on and on. Both will have to come to terms with a difficult past, learn the secrets of each other and write the story of their own lives, abandoning the usual plots in which the "bad" characters necessarily deserve punishment.